In the recent decades Disability studies is vibrant in the academic disciplines. The advent of interdisciplinary approach in disability studies and a developed understanding of disability through sociological, cultural & political lens frame have helped develop the new conceptual understanding of disability. Disability studies is an emerging concept in India. In India although plethora of disciplines exists, but, disability studies as an academic discipline requires an undivided, focused attention. This article attempts to critically examine the process of emergence of disability studies in western countries and discusses the related issues and possibilities in Indian context
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