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Disability Studies for UGC NET English Introduction to Disability Studies Disability Studies is an interdisciplinary field that emerged prominently in the 1980s, challenging traditional medical and charity-based understandings of disability. Instead of viewing disability merely as an individual problem to be fixed, the field emphasizes the social, political, cultural, and historical dimensions that construct and define disability. Influenced by civil rights movements, feminist theory, queer theory, and postcolonial thought, Disability Studies interrogates how societies marginalize and stigmatize individuals with physical, sensory, intellectual, or mental differences. In the context of literary and cultural studies, Disability Studies reexamines texts, media, and historical documents to uncover representations of disability and their role in shaping societal norms around ability and normalcy. The UGC NET English syllabus increasingly reflects ...