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- WHO: International Classification of Functioning and Disability
- Disability  Studies: Foundations and Key Concepts
- Introduction (Disability and Language)
- CDC: Disability and Health Overview
- Models of Disability

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World Health Organization. (1999, July). International Classification of Functioning and Disability Short Version. International Classification of Functioning and Disability . Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/65990/WHO_HSC_ACE_99.2.pdf;jsessionid=54763AC8EED273FF4148169E93CC5962?sequence=1. 

WHO: International Classification of Functioning and Disability

 Mullaney , C. (2019, April 13). Disability Studies: Foundations & Key Concepts. Daily Jstor. Retrieved September 20, 2021, from https://daily.jstor.org/reading-list-disability-studies/. 

Disability Studies: Foundations & Key Concepts

KUPPERS, P. (2010). Introduction. Profession, 107-111. Retrieved July 19, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41419867

Introduction (Disability and Language)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, September 16). Disability and health overview. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved September 16, 2021, from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability.html. 

CDC: Disability and Health Overview

Retief, M. & Letšosa, R., 2018, ‘Models of disability: A brief overview’, HTST Theological Studies 74(1), a4738

Models of Disability

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Heilker, P. (2012). Autism, rhetoric, and Whiteness. Disability Studies Quarterly, 32(4). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v32i4.1756 

Autism, Rhetoric, and Whiteness

Simpson, Jane, and Carol Thomas. Clinical Psychology and Disability Studies: Bridging the Disciplinary Divide on Mental Health and Disability. Disability & Rehabilitation, 2014. doi:10.3109/09638288.2014.961656.

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Reference For Disability As a Social Construct 

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Lester, J. N. (Ed.). (2021). Discursive Psychology and Disability. Palgrave Studies in Discursive Psychology. Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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Siebers, T. (2008). Disability Theory. University of Michigan Press. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.309723

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