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Intersectionality of Disability and Climate Change Threats: Identifying the Unique Vulnerabilities Faced by Persons with Disabilities in Abia State Nigeria Using the Subgroup Chart Technique
Queensley C. Chukwudum, David O. Anyaele

“This Is Not What I Thought Life Would Be Like”: Participation in the Disability Movement after a Trauma
Stina Melander

The Paradox of Progress and Accessibility: Ableism and Neoliberalism in Iceland’s Digital Transformation Policies
Inga Björk Margrétar Bjarnadóttir, Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson, Laufey Elísabet Löve

Development of the People or Props Tool: Integrating Prejudice Reduction Psychology Insights to Improve Representations of Disability on Screen
Richard Amm

The Deinstitutionalisation of Children with Disabilities in Times of Armed Conflict: The Russian Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
Gauthier de Beco, Marketa Bacakova

CURRENT ISSUES

Disability as a Determinant of Diabetes Self-Management: A Comparative Case Study from Rural South India
Rajeswaran Thiagesan, Vijayaprasad Gopichandran

Current Issues

This compelling case study from rural south India demonstrates that impairment alone does not determine health outcomes – it is the barriers society erects, and the resources available to navigate them, that disable people. Comparing two diabetic men, the clinician-authors reveal a stark divergence: a Hindu, upper-caste landowner with hearing and mobility impairments maintains fair diabetes control, buoyed by wealth, social networks, and accessible welfare, while a poor Muslim stroke survivor is disabled by religious marginalisation, unaffordable care, inaccessible services, and institutional distrust, spiralling into uncontrolled illness. Applying the intersectionality toolbox, the authors argue persuasively that diabetes interventions must dismantle these compounding social and structural barriers – or risk deepening the very exclusion disabled people already face.