Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Literature: Intersections and Interventions.

This article presents an introduction to the topics explored by the articles contained in the September 2006 issue of "MELUS." The authors mention that the introduction of disability studies into the fields of humanities and cultural studies has taken disability from the control of medical science and has helped to expand the understanding of the world of those with disabilities. Ethnic studies have long considered race as it relates to gender, class, sexuality, and more, but there is very little work on the relation of race/ethnicity and disability.