# Disability Studies: An introduction

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Hemachandran Karah
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106168)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106168)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Disability Definition: An Evolving Phenomenon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/f995f81e4871) (Video)
2. [Medical Model of Disability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/2884949694c8) (Video)
3. [Social Model of Disability: Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/5ad19f44ada2) (Video)
4. [Social Model of Disability: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/9569a45c394a) (Video)
5. [Stigma: A Universal Phenomenon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/4c99ec4abfe5) (Video)
6. [Stigma and Disability: What can we learn?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/df6b0d90cb72) (Video)
7. [Ableism: Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/80c855f28efd) (Video)
8. [Ableism: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/aecbe97823d4) (Video)
9. [Disability Activism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/dca41a8a7f0c) (Video)
10. [Models of Disability Activism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/8e7f0640352d) (Video)
11. [Dependency](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/4aa015ad724f) (Video)
12. [Interdependence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/839de0e0eeeb) (Video)
13. [Blindness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/8d614d715a44) (Video)
14. [Blindness as metaphor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/502528736907) (Video)
15. [Eugenics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/b61c27383d9e) (Video)
16. [Disability Pride](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/bba68590dec8) (Video)
17. [Disability Resilience](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/8426fd6f4f8f) (Video)
18. [Disability Passing: The musings of the blue Jackal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/fcb48271e257) (Video)
19. [Coming out: A performance in disability inhabitation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/977a9aa8e6e7) (Video)
20. [Assistive Technology: An interview with Prof. Madhusudan Rao](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/7ca157e9395d) (Video)
21. [Disability and Ethnography: An Interview with Prof. James Staple](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/7d71781419cc) (Video)
22. [Schizophrenia: A Personal Account - An interview with Reshma Valliappan](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/1ef5112ef410) (Video)
23. [Autism and the Indian Family: An interview with Dr. Shubhangi Vaidhya](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/ef3cec83afc3) (Video)
24. [Dyslexia and the Modern University: An Interview with Prof. Tanya Titchkosky](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/b549947f5483) (Video)
25. [Gender and Disability: Interviews with Prof. Anita Ghai](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/bb63a341c6d3) (Video)
26. [Gender and Disability: Interviews with Prof. Nandini Ghosh](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/52cacf15e737) (Video)
27. [Lennard Davis, hemachandran karah, normal, normalcy, disability studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/b1487a68b488) (Video)
28. [The Normal and its End: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/94b4460181bc) (Video)
29. [Literary Disability Studies: An Interview with Dr. Shilpa Anand](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/f0103ed9b127) (Video)
30. [What is Deaf Culture? An Interview with Dr. Michele Friedner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/a423648e4f0b) (Video)
31. [Disability and Life Writing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/270d6e3fb07e) (Video)
32. [Disability and Metaphor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/d2b33bfcbf69) (Video)
33. [Conclusion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/39aa2c9ff1a4) (Video)
34. [Live Session 22-08-2019](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/f995f81e4871-2) (Video)
35. [Live Session 23-09-2019](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106168/2884949694c8-2) (Video)