OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Disability & Society is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
What works in rapid response public health projects?	48
Just a show: the home-delivery education policy for children with disabilities in China	48
Announcement of doctoral theses	26
Neurodiversity and double empathy: can empathy disconnects be mitigated to support autistic belonging?	25
Announcement of doctoral theses	25
Debunking Choice and Control in Active Support: A Qualitative Analysis of Encounters in Training Videos between Staff and People with Intellectual Disability	23
This changes everything: a critical reflection on the impact of internalized ableist constructs on becoming a disabled mother	22
Investigating short video consumption practices by individuals with visual impairments in China: questions of how to ‘see’	21
Evaluating compliance with Ghana’s Persons with Disabilities Act in public building accessibility: a case of Ho Municipality	19
A collaborative case study of autistic and non-autistic capital shared within a circle of support	18
Disabling discourses: contemporary cinematic representations of acquired physical disability	17
Challenging ableism and disablism in English football fandom: disabled supporters and repertoires of ‘everyday resistance’	16
Inclusion for sale: commodifying deaf labour and performing benevolent ableism in China’s service sector	16
Announcement of doctoral theses	16
Conceptualising responsibility and hostility within work-integrated learning placements for students with disabilities	16
I’m living my life as the person I’m meant to be, not in spite of the person I am	15
Volunteering and the response to COVID-19 in the UK	15
‘There’s nothing I can do to stop it’: homelessness among autistic people in a British city	15
Reviewing the limitations of publicly funded adult developmental services in Ontario: exposing ableist assumptions within the administrative process	15
Missed opportunities? Accessibility in ‘post-pandemic’ academia	15
Fighting for our children: a collective responsibility to deliver social and health rights to children with disability	15
Smart eldercare robotics and disability: barriers, risks, and policy gaps in the Chinese context	14
The unheard voices of academia: overcoming systemic barriers and fostering inclusive spaces for knowledge exchange	14
Accessibility for parents with disability: is it reality or fantasy?	14
Sectoral challenges and negative feelings experienced by Palestinians with disability in besieged Gaza during COVID-19 pandemic	13

Factors that help people with disability to self-manage their support	13
Disability on Arab screens: cripping class, religion, and gender in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon	13
Police–disabled citizen interactions: testing the role of disability awareness training and experience on officer confidence	13
‘… they had interpreted “disability” as referring to a patently visible disability’: experience of a patient group with NICE	12
Invisible barriers: the educational and social exclusion of children with chronic diseases in Denmark	12
Changing the medical model of disability to the normalization model of disability: clarifying the past to create a new future direction	12
Unheard and unseen: the inaccessibility of higher education for deaf and blind students in Iran	12
‘Gypsum on water. That schizophrenia.’ schizophrenia – a meeting of stories: a qualitative study	12
A deaf researcher in an Indian and Norwegian context – an autoethnographic journey	12
Disability politics in Malaysia and the limitations of the Human Rights Model: challenging dominant narratives	11
Resistance to accessibility improvements in publicly accessible buildings	11
Politics, personalisation and me: how ‘Fair and Affordable Care policies’ could impact on the lives of Disabled people	11
Beyond binaries: complex roles and identities in critical mental health research	11
Inclusion from the experience of university students with disabilities at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)	10
Announcement of doctoral theses	10
Police interactions and the autistic community: perceptions of procedural justice	10
Cultural safety as a foundation for allyship in disability arts	10
Care does not just belong at home: inclusion in doctoral supervision for a student with traumatic brain injury	10
Disabled healthcare professionals’ experiences of altruism: identity, professionalism, competence, and disclosure	10
Testimonial injustice: exploring ‘credibility’ as a barrier to justice for people with learning disabilities/autism who report sexual violence	10
Regulating vulnerability: policy approaches for preventing violence and abuse of people with disability in Australian service provision settings	9
Accessibility of public buildings in the United States: a cross-sectional survey	9
Dis/ableist criminology and domestic colonisation: conceptualising disabled people’s experience of hate and home-based violence	9
Between risk and autonomy: producing subjects in group homes and supervised workshops for people with intellectual disabilities	9
Announcement of doctoral theses	9
How can information be ‘barrier-free’? A critical reading of china’s web accessibility policies in the 21st century	9
The double jeopardy of women with albinism in Ibadan, Nigeria: breaking the unemployment barrier	9
Caught in the middle? Comparing disability payment restructuring and workfare in Denmark and Australia	9
Safety and accessibility for persons with disabilities in the Swedish transport system – prioritization and conceptual boundaries	9
Being a deaf Bedouin young woman: suffering in silence	9
A collective biography on working relationships in inclusive research teams	9
Stop fearing blindness! Visually impaired people reflect on the ethics of sighted prospective teachers simulating visual impairment	9
From everyday presence to organised actions: internet use and the political engagement of disabled people in China	8
Urban informality, culture, and participation of people with mobility impairments in Tegalrejo, Indonesia	8
Demystifying Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG): charting the ESG course in Africa	8
Unearthing and addressing bias: understanding the connection between teacher dispositions and disproportionality	8
Between diagnosis and belonging: navigating emotional bureaucracies in Indian autism care	8
Enhancing inclusive instruction: student perspectives and practical approaches for advancing equity in higher education	8
Gathering autistic adults’ visual experiences to inform adaptations: a qualitative interview study	8
Digital payment services in Poland as assistive technology and empowering tool for consumers with disabilities	8
What facilitates or constrains co-creation in museums? The case of people with visual impairments	8
‘We are listening’ Mother-led research exploring inclusive communication between autistic young people and their families	8
Insights of people with disabilities regarding barriers to equality and inclusion	8
Emotional ‘journey’ of street beggars with vision impairment: a study from Ghana	7
Announcement of doctoral theses	7
Announcement of doctoral theses	7
Barriers to cultural participation by people with disabilities in Europe: a study across 28 countries	7
Announcement of doctoral theses	7
“I’m doing my best”: experiences of parents navigating services for their children with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Moving forward: a call for Critical ADHD Studies	7

Disability, normality and absurdity: A reflection on stuckist disability art	7
Promoting inclusive innovation for disabled people in four countries: who does what and why?	6
Rethinking how people with cognitive disability complain	6
Accumulated social vulnerability and experiences of psycho-trauma among women living with albinism in Tanzania	6
Undoing suicidism: a trans, queer, crip approach to rethinking (assisted) suicide	6
Announcement of doctoral theses	6
Participatory action research in partnership with young people with disability: a case from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)	6
It broke my heart’: an investigation of ableist microaggressions towards mothers of Australian dyslexic children in primary school	6
The representation of disabled women and recent disabled women-led media	6
Exploring romantic need as part of mental health social care practice	6
Announcement of doctoral theses	6
Announcement of doctoral theses	6
Disability policy and UK political parties: absent, present or absent-present citizens?	6
Collapse before implementation? Personal assistance for persons with disabilities in Poland	5
Against the rules – disrupting and reassessing discursive practices of playfulness	5
Making me with others-gendered meanings of youth and youthfulness among young female disabled assistance users	5
The pandemic paradox: a mixed methods participatory approach to understanding autistic adults’ experiences during COVID-19	5
Speaking across the autism worldview divide: a dialogue between critical autism studies and behaviour analytic scholars	5
Announcement of doctoral theses	5
Autism should be considered in the assessment and delivery of mental health services for children and young people	5
Labor market participation for employees with disabilities: a cross-organizational review in India	5
How inclusive is higher education for female disabled staff? Stigmas & stoppers	5
Blockchain for inclusion: challenges and pathways to digital entrepreneurship among persons with disabilities in China	5
Researching autism, becoming disabled: discovering brilliant imperfection	5
Women’s experiences of special observations on locked wards	5
Disability and employment in China: a Guangzhou case study	5
The ‘shadow pandemic’ in online learning: perspectives of visually impaired students from Ghana and Egypt	5
Seeking redress for harm in institutional care during the COVID-19 pandemic: immunity from civil liability as barrier	5
Correction	5
The case for employment and education support for people with serious mental health conditions in Sweden	5
Using AI to help generate disability scholarship	5
Election information accessibility for disabled people during Singapore’s 2025 general election	5
Raising the voices of AuDHD women and girls: exploring the co-occurring conditions of autism and ADHD	5
Bridging the gap: special educators’ perceptions of their professional roles in supporting inclusive education in Kazakhstan	5
Key characteristics of the refugee journey for Iraqi and Syrian family members who support their children or siblings with disability	5
‘I’m a cracked vase’: identity narratives of disabled pre-service teachers	5
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for persons with disabilities in school settings: A call for research	5
Representations of mothers having children with disability in Hindi cinema: a feminist thematic analysis	4
Narratives of siblinghood: exploring perspectives of adult siblings of autistic individuals	4
Announcement of doctoral theses	4
A creative non-fiction account of autistic youth integrated physical education experiences	4
Maintenance of ableist society for wheelchair users: roles of medical model of disability and witnessed negotiation for accessibility	4
Institutional pedagogy and the transformation of residential care for, and with, disabled citizens	4
Intersectional theory and disadvantage: a tool for decolonisation	4
Exploring independent living initiatives for people with intellectual disabilities: insights from the Spanish case	4
Challenges facing Hong Kong’s intellectually disabled people in using public services during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Intersectionality and creative business education: Inclusive and diverse cultures in pedagogy	4
Livestreaming: exploring the obstacles and possibilities of digital usage for people with disabilities	4
Announcement of Doctoral Theses	4
Critiques of ableist educational spaces	4
“Rooted in ableism:” an embedded mixed methods study of disability disclosure on a university campus	4
The Routledge international handbook of disability and global health	4
Life stabilization and resiliency for disabled people? A critical discourse analysis of the Ontario poverty reduction strategy	4
From disability identity to disability activism: leadership journeys of persons with disabilities in Indonesia	4
Sane Fragility - Madness meets critical whiteness	4
The role of stigma on the pregnancy experiences of women with disabilities in Kathmandu: a qualitative study	4
Breaking barriers for visually impaired women in China’s workforce	4
Experiences of identifying pre-school children with disabilities in resource limited settings – an account from Malawi, Pakistan and Uganda	4
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities by women with disabilities in Zimbabwe’s Harare Metropolitan Province during COVID-19	4
Living ‘with TBI’ as complex embodiment	4
Holistic or harmful? Examining socio-structural factors in the biopsychosocial model of chronic illness, ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ and disability	4
Individuation processes in disabled people. An approach through mobilities in rural areas of southern Chile	4
The ‘normal’ physical education classes: the ableism facing the inclusion of disabled students	4
Social class, disability, and institutional interactions: the case of families with disabled children in the welfare state	4
Participatory video and diagramming with disabled people in Burkina Faso	4
Announcement of doctoral theses	4
Strength, gender, and volunteering: the lived experiences of Para-powerlifters in the Republic of Ireland	4
Barriers and facilitators of access to higher education in a weakly institutionalised context: perceptions of disabled students	4
Willful brains and absent minds: a phenomenological investigation of fear, epilepsy, and willful being	4
Recognizing the rights of children with disabilities in Malawi	4