Table of Contents

EDITORIAL BOARD.
Introduction: Exploring theories and expanding methodologies: Where we are and where we need to go.
The social model of disability: An outdated ideology?.
The conceptualization of disability.
Using role theory to describe disability.
Definitions of disability and their operationalization, and measurement in survey data: An update.
Examining the fit between deafness and disability.
Methodological issues in the measurement of persons with disabilities.
Measures of functional limitations: The effects of person-level vs. household-level questionnaire design.
Inclusion of disabled populations in interview surveys: Review and recommendations.
Interpretive research and people with intellectual disabilities: Politics and practicalities.
Problems of methodology in cross-cultural disability studies: An indian immigrant example.
Content analysis methodology for studying news and disability: Case studies from the United States and England.
Case study method for research on disability.
About the Authors.