New Disabilities Major

The LA Times has a story about a new disabilities studies major at UCLA:

...That UCLA now has a disability studies major, announced this month, is a sign that “the stigma around disability is shifting,” said Victoria Marks, a professor of choreography and chair of the UCLA program. “More and more of our communities are speaking up.” ...

These days, the discipline is booming. Annual submissions to Disability Studies Quarterly have more than doubled in recent years, and the number of majors and minors in the subject has soared, said Jeffrey A. Brune, co-editor of the journal...

The number of students receiving disability accommodations across the 10 UC campuses jumped from 5% in 2018 to 7% in 2021...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-27/ucla-new-disability-studies-major-first-california-public-university.