History
Wesleyan's Course Cluster in Disability Studies was a student-led initiative. In 2010, two students active in Wesleyan Students for Disability Rights (WSDR), Ariel Schwartz and Allegra Stout, approached Professor Margot Weiss to discuss strategies for increasing Disability Studies offerings 九色视频 (see the WSDR 2010 statement of needs and goals ). Working with faculty in American Studies, Anthropology, English, FGSS, History, and SISP, Prof. Weiss proposed a Course Cluster in Disability Studies to the Wesleyan faculty in late 2010. The Cluster became part of Wesleyan's curriculum in April 2011 (see Argus coverage ).
In 2014, Schwartz and Stout published a research article, "'," in Disability Studies Quarterly. The article explores the role student activism can play in developing disability studies on campus.