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York University’s
Critical Disability Studies Graduate Students' Association (CDSSA)
will be launching an annual graduate student journal in
fall 2009. Critical Disability
Discourse is a bilingual, interdisciplinary
journal, publishing articles that focus on experiences of
disability within a predominantly Canadian context. The
journal considers articles from scholars in a variety of
academic fields, but preference will be given to work
submitted by graduate students.
TOPICS
Possible topics can include but are not limited
to the following:
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Critical theory and disability: feminism,
post-modernism, Marxism, etc.
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History of disability: Antiquity, Middle
Ages, Victorian Age, Industrial Age, etc.
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Law and public policy, and disability
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Qualitative and quantitative research
pertaining to disability
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Education and disability
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Culture: disability-related literature and
film analysis
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Employment, market, workforce, and income
security in relation to disability
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Disability-related topics in social sciences:
psychology, sociology, geography, political science
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Assessment of accessibility accommodations
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Technology and disability
GUIDELINES
Submission guidelines are as follows:
1. Articles must critically address a question
about an aspect of disability and offer a new angle of thought
and insight; they should contribute to scholarship in the
field of Critical Disability Studies.
2. Articles must be submitted in either English
of French. Authors must consent to the translation of their
articles for publication.
3. In submitting a manuscript, authors affirm
that the research is original and unpublished, is not in press
or under consideration elsewhere, and will not be submitted
elsewhere while under consideration by the Journal.
4. Articles must be 3,000-7,000 words
(including quotations, references, tables, figures, diagrams,
and illustrations).
5. In promoting inclusion and accessibility,
the journal accepts and encourages tables, figures, diagrams,
and illustrations within the article. However, all tables,
figures, diagrams, and illustrations must include detailed
written descriptions.
6. An abstract of 100-150 words should
summarize the main arguments and themes of the article, the
methods and results obtained, if the author’s own research was
conducted, and the conclusions reached. A list of 5-7 keywords
should also be included after the abstract.
7. We ask that authors are mindful of their
language choices pertaining to disability and that they
justify the use of controversial words.
8. Articles are peer-reviewed. Authors’ names
and other identifying information must be removed in order to
be sent to reviewers. Submissions must be sent electronically
as attachments in Microsoft Word format. In the email, the
author must include his or her name, institutional
affiliation, contact information, and the title of his or her
work.
9. Authors are responsible for ethics approval
for manuscripts by receiving approval from their own
institutions. Proof of ethics approval (if applicable) should
be provided to the Journal.
10. The Journal’s style generally follows the
most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association; English spelling follows the most
recent edition of the Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
11. The Journal does not produce a print
edition. All articles are published online and are accessible
to the general public. Manuscripts must be entirely
double-spaced (including quotations, notes, references) in
12-point Times New Roman font. Submissions are only accepted
through email and can be sent to:
cdsj@yorku.ca.
SUBMISSION
DEADLINE
April 1, 2009
QUESTIONS?
For more information and updates, please use
the following links:
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