Center for Disability Studies
| Founded | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Mara Mills[1] Faye Ginsburg |
| Type | 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization |
| Location |
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| Website | disabilitystudies |
The Center for Disability Studies (CDS) at New York University (NYU) is a United States-based institute that promotes disability scholarship, artistic works, and activism.
History
[edit]The Center for Disability Studies was founded in 2017 by Mara Mills and Faye Ginsburg.
Shortly after its founding, the center hosted Disability/Arts/NYC (DANT), an advocacy organization that contributed to the 2017 CreateNYC cultural plan for New York City.[2]
Research and publications
[edit]The center sponsors research on the cultural, historical, legal, and ethical contexts of disability through grant-funded and collaborative projects.[3] Research partnerships run by the center include a collaboration between AI Now and CDS on the 2019 report, Disability, Bias, and AI.[4]
With Film Quarterly, CDS published a special issue and series of events on disability film and media in 2022–2023.[5] Further publications facilitated by the center include How to be Disabled in a Pandemic, an edited volume documenting the experiences of disabled New Yorkers during the COVID-19 pandemic, selected by Ms. Magazine as one of the “Most Anticipated Books of 2025”, and Crip Authorship: Disability as Method, a book that presented the multidisciplinary methods advanced by disability studies, arts, and activism.[6][7] Crip Authorship was selected as a 2024 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title.[8]
Community initiatives
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The Center for Disability Studies runs a series of artist talks and events.[9][10] It has also partnered with a number of arts organizations including The Whitney Museum of American Art, Electronic Arts Intermix, The Guggenheim Museum, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, EFA Project Space, and the New York ReelAbilities Film Festival to support disability-justice informed events and digital accessibility projects.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
In addition, the center helped pilot the Cooke School and Institute SKILLS Transition Program through a community collaboration.[18]
On the NYU campus, CDS coordinates an undergraduate Disability Studies Minor and co-sponsored a Disability Student Union and a Provostial Working Group addressing disability, infrastructure, and access.[19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mara Mills". Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Disability Equity in NYC's Arts & Culture Landscape". Disability Arts NYC. Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Disability Expertise and Design Justice for Post-COVID Equity". U.S. National Science Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Disability, Bias, and AI – Report". AI Now Institute. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Film Quarterly Dossier: The New Disability Media". NYU Center for Disability Studies. March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Look Inside How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic". New York University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Strand, Karla J. (21 January 2025). "Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2025". Ms. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Crip Authorship: Disability as Method". New York University Press. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Lopez Cassell, Dessane (5 May 2020). "What to Do (Online) This Week: A Filmmaker Examines Debt, Dependency, and Disability". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Sparks, Keagan (9 June 2020). "BONDED DEBT Kaegan Sparks on the films of Jordan Lord". Artforum. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ ""All Day All Night"". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Radical Accessibility: Making Media Art Collections Truly Accessible". Electronic Arts Intermix. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Guggenheim Museum and Converse Form Global Partnership to Empower Next Generation of Creators". Guggenheim New York. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "One Must Live It: Day-Long Gathering in conversation with Lorenza Böttner". Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Collective Strategies for Reparative Care: A Panel Discussion". Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Gurrumul". ReelAbilities New York. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Faye Ginsburg: Moderator: La Lucha". ReelAbilities Film Festival New York. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "SKILLs is Changing its Name to Cooke Transitions in September!". Cooke. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Minor: Disability Studies". NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "About". NYU Disabilities, Inclusion and Accessibility Working Group (DIA). Retrieved 10 March 2025.