Lapszám: 2025/1

Allen Steven : Opening Remarks

The 9th Disability Science Conference took place on the 23rd of November 2023. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Gábor Gombos and was entitled The Boundless Roominess of ‘We’ – Relationships and Alliances. Below is the opening speech delivered by Steven Allen, representing the Validity Foundation.
DOI: 10.31287/FT.en.2025.1.1

Zagyi Emese : Young adult women with physical disability and womanhood – Outline of a planned doctoral research

This paper presents an ongoing doctoral research study on the femininity of young adult women with physical disabilities and the influence of the internet and social media on their self-image. The study aims to explore, within a qualitative feminist disability studies framework, the narratives of congenitally physically disabled women aged 18-35 regarding femininity and womanhood.... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.1.4

Kiss Virág Anna, Tóth Miklós Bálint : Getting to know each other – Summary of the methodological experiences of a participatory research

In our study, we show the main methodological conclusions of a participatory research. In our project, as two participants of a personal assistance (PA) cooperation, we examined the experiences of a two-month period spent together, focusing on the process of getting to know each other. In our research, we analysed several aspects of our personal... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.1.5

Rékasi Nikolett, Papp Gabriella : Motherhood Experiences of Visually Impaired Women – A Feminist Disability Studies Approach

It is important to separate disability studies research by gender because women may have different experiences from men. Research on specific situations faced by women, such as motherhood, is particularly important in order to get a broader picture of the oppression of disabled people. In our study, we explored the motherhood experiences of five visually... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.en.2025.1.6

Hoffmann Mária Rita : Entangled Concepts, Paradigms and Walks of Life in Disabled People’s Life Writings

This paper discloses how disabled people in Hungary experience and reflect on the constant changes of disability-related concepts and paradigms. Consequently, people oftentimes get lost in the fields of disability. In order to find our way and help others find theirs, I believe I must disentangle these concepts and paradigms. A personal narrative helps me... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.1.7

Flamich Mária Magdolna : From objects to subjects – Changes of social roles in the context of blind persons’ music education

How can a human character segregated for thousands of years become an active member of a society? How can an object become a subject? Can socially prescribed roles be re-scribed? And what is the connection between these roles and social responsibility? This paper answers these questions in the context of a concise overview of the... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.1.8

Fazekas-Vinkovits Ágnes Sarolta : Unpacking Higher Education Governance and its practices regarding diversity, equity and inclusion. The CHARM-EU Alliance’s Journey

This article serves as a think piece and provides an overview of diversity, equity and inclusion (referred to later as DEI) and their significance within the governance of higher education institutions. The objective is to investigate various perspectives on mainstreaming DEI principles in higher education governance. Drawing on the diversity, equity and inclusion Model Process... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.en.2025.1.9

Loványi Eszter : Robots or Paws in Service? Lessons from an Inclusive Research Journey by a Dog Owner with Disability

Based on the author’s personal experiences and research findings, this study introduces the principle of “Nothing About Us Without Us!” and emphasizes the importance of inclusive approaches in the training and use of service dogs. The study proposes a multidisciplinary development as a solution to the service dog versus service robot dilemma. By leveraging technology,... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.en.2025.10

Bányai Borbála, Lakos Renáta, Eszenyi Réka : “Communication that Connects Us” – Communication Accessibility at the 9th Disability Studies Conference of ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education

The starting point for our study is the 9th Disability Studies Conference (The Boundless Expansiveness of WE), in which we describe three different forms of accessibility: interpreting between spoken languages, speech-to-text interpreting and graphic recording/facilitating. Conference language interpretation is used to bridge the barriers between languages, visual recording is used to represent the main ideas... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.11

Svastics Carmen, Petri Gábor, Bernát Anikó, Kozma Ágnes : “She nicknames her illness as sclera and herself as crip” – depiction of disability on the 24.hu online news media platform

While the representation of persons with disabilities in society is typically reflected in their appearance in the media, the media also reacts to reality, creating common language and perceptions. In the framework of the TARKI research entitled Changing and New Mechanisms of Exclusion of People with Disabilities, we examined articles published over a three-year period... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.12

Némethy Fruzsina, Völgyesi-Molnár Márta, Stefanik Krisztina : Infocommunication technologies to support the autonomy of autistic children. Evaluations based on systematic literature research

Autism is a specific developmental pathway that leads to diverse cognitive and behavioural patterns. Digital technologies can play an important role in supporting the autonomy of autistic people. The aim of this study is to evaluate apps that support the autonomy of autistic children. Our research is based on a systematic literature review following the... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.13

Csillag Sára, Svastics Carmen, Győri Zsuzsanna, Hidegh Anna Laura : Participation and justice. The impact of post-socialism, market economy and ableism on the social participation of people with disabilities

Contributing to disability studies in the post-socialist context (Mladenov, 2015, 2016), this paper explores the social injustices generated by the ableist environment. We were interested in seeing how the theory of social justice by Nancy Fraser, a philosopher and critical theorist, can be understood from the triple perspective of post-socialist legacy, neoliberal market economy, and... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.14

Borza Beáta Zita : Decently different – once upon a time there was a project. In memory of Gombos Gábor. Ombudsman’s legal protection for the enforcement of the fundamental rights of people with disabilities.

This is a brief introduction to the institution of the Ombudsman, with its operational specificities and the particularities of thematic projects. The fundamental rights program was conducted using the elements of the ombudsman’s toolbox, based on a pre-planned concept and institutional experience. Focus is on disability issues through the credible transmission of the Ombudsman. Instead... Read more
DOI: 10.31287/FT.hu.2025.15