As I indicated in an earlier post, I am the Area Editor for Philosophy and Theory of Disability of The Encyclopedia in Disability Studies that Oxford University Press is developing for its Digital Reference Publications.

I am very happy to report that the formation of the area is well underway and that many of your favourite disabled philosophers/theorists of disability have committed themselves to contributing to this forthcoming reference reservoir for your research and teaching. Indeed, most of the topics that the area will comprise have been assigned, with authors already immersed in writing their entries.

To give you a sense of the scope that the entries of the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of the encyclopedia will encompass, I have listed below topics that have been assigned thus far. Additional entries are currently under negotiation with authors. The entries assigned so far are:

Academic Ableism

Accessibility Theory

Aesthetics and Philosophy of Disability

African Philosophy of Disability

Bioethics and Philosophy of Disability

Care and Disability

Conceptions/Models of Disability

Crip Technoscience

Disability and Addiction

Disability, Class, and Work

Disability and the Global South

Disability and MAiD

Fat and Disability

Feminist Philosophy of Disability

Neurodiversity and Philosophy of Disability

Phenomenology and Philosophy of Disability

Philosophy of Disability and Emotions

Philosophy of Disability and Gender

Philosophy of Madness/Mad Philosophy

Philosophy of Race and Disability

Speciesism and Disability

Technology, AI, and Disability

Theoretical Approaches to Age/Ageism and Disability

Trans Philosophy of Disability

Topics still under negotiation include: Black Disability Studies; Critical Disability Theory and Deafness; Disability and Climate Change; Incarceration and Disability; Queering Philosophy of Disability; Reproductive Justice.