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From: Tanmoy <tanm...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 20:37:17 +0530
Subject: {Disability Studies India} Articles by Shelley Tremain and David Perry
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Disabled People Need Not Apply
Disability studies scholars have identified a new technique designed to
prevent disabled people from applying for jobs: the stipulation of physical
requirements for positions. The criteria ("physical demands") stated are
usually very specific and elaborate, disqualifying a range of potential
disabled applicants. Such practices have even been adopted by universities
and colleges. In the past four months, I have seen two postings for jobs in
philosophy that stipulated physical requirements such as "ability to stand
and deliver a lecture" and "full sight and hearing capacity." In the one
case, these stipulations were set out on a university HR site that was
linked from a philosophy department's job posting. In the other case, the
stipulations were included in the very job posting itself. In both cases,
the institutions in question were American universities. Philosophers must
adamantly oppose the use of such criteria in the job postings for positions
in their own departments and on their university's HR page. These criteria
are in direct violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- See more at:
http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/disability_and_disadvanta/2016/02/disabled-people-need-not-apply.html#sthash.Hes497f3.dpuf
Perry's article:
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2016/2/disabled-people-need-not-apply.html#sthash.Hes497f3.dpuf
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Tanmoy Bhattacharya
Editor, Indian Linguistics
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