Editorial – “Exploring Disability Studies in Singapore: Reflections on methodology”
Kuansong Zhuang, Victor

Image still taken from the video, Some Sit on Earth, which tells of Disabled Peoples’ International Founding in 1981. The image has a table, where 5 men are seated. The background has a large sign saying Disabled Peoples’ International First World Congress 30 November – 4 Dec 1981, Singapore. Ron Chandran-Dudley, the Singaporean founder chairperson, sits on the extreme left. [1]
As a field of study, disability studies has in the last thirty years seen increased interest and exponential growth in academic institutions in Britain and America. However, disability studies is very much nascent in Singapore despite our common shared origins in the international disability movement. What then does doing disability studies mean and how would it look like in Singapore? (more…)