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“What difference does disability make? And how does disability provide insight?”

It’s questions like these that a guest scholar will ask of students, faculty and staff at the ��������–St. Louis in the coming days as the  presents “Normal is Overrated: Disability in the 21st Century” March 15 to 18.

“Often, disability is understood in a limited way, and people make some assumptions – for instance, many people think about disability in strictly medical terms,” says Assistant Professor of English , who has organized the effort alongside fellow UMSL faculty and students. “Next week’s events approach disability as a category of identity, one that can indeed be positive and worth celebrating.”

Through film and artwork viewings, syllabus workshops , visiting professor  of the University of Louisville will lead interested UMSL participants in a wide-ranging exploration of disability. Her brief residency at UMSL is the first to take place as part of a .