Nusbaum explicitly notes that Jessica Nina Lester (2011) cites Jonathan Potter (2004) to articulate three specific analytic questions that guide the process of working with data. The three core questions DP researchers ask:
    1. What is the discourse doing?
    2. How is the discourse constructed to do this?
    3. What resources are present/used to perform this activity?

Using DP in DS: The Core Analytic DP Questions For Approaching Data Analysis in DS

Active meaning-making is grounded in the Discursive Psychology (DP) principle that language is not a neutral mirror reflecting reality, but a "tool for action". Rather than passively observing a medical diagnosis, researchers analyze how individuals use language to perform social actions—such as blaming, justifying, or categorizing—which in turn constructs the reality of disability,

Using DP in DS: DP Investigating the Active Meaning-Making of Disability

- Core Analytic Questions 
- Active Meaning-Making

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In Chapter 8, Emily A. Nusbaum responds to three preceding chapters to demonstrate the methodological compatibility between discursive psychology (DP) and disability studies (DS). She argues that DP serves as a valuable framework for DS because it rejects static foundations of truth and deficit-based models in favor of viewing disability as constructed through discourse,. The author highlights how the previous chapters utilize DP to reveal how interactions regarding school structures, mental health "burdens," and students with complex support needs actively construct disability. Ultimately, Nusbaum posits that DP’s focus on active meaning-making aligns with theoretical advancements in DS, such as cripistemologies and cultural models, by uncovering disability as an ideology rather than a fixed fact.

Chapter 8: Intersections of Discursive Psychology and Disability Studies

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

Reference For: Discursive Psychology and Disability

- The Basis of Disability
- The Nature of Disability

Why Discursive Psychology Fits Disability Studies

- Reardon & Ivey (Chapter 2: Schools)
- O’Reilly (Chapter 3: Mental Health)
- D’Ardenne et al. (Chapter 5: Complex Support Needs)

Emily A. Nusbaum's Responses to Specific Chapters

The Framework For Discursive Psychology in Disability Studies

- Cultural Models (Snyder & Mitchell)
- Realist Disability Theory (Siebers)
- Cripistemologies (Johnson & McRuer)
- Crip Horizons (Kolářová)

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