Historical newspaper coverage of disability rights in a revolutionary context.

What is it about?

This study has explored media reporting of the disability rights revolution by applying historical–comparative and thematic analysis techniques to a sample of 16 major newspaper documents as published between 1980 and 2017 and supplemented by eight journal articles attained via a Google Scholar search.

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Why is it important?

Revealing progressive themes of activism, legislation, technology and economic participation principles, research findings should be of interest to editors, journalists and disability advocates around the world.