Fiona Kumari Campbell

Fiona Kumari Campbell is a leading disability studies researcher and theorist, focusing on disability in relation to the law, technology, advocacy, and desire. She is a current Senior Lecturer of Disability Studies at Griffith University, Australia and is an Adjunct Professor in Disability Studies with the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.Her specific research of Ableism focuses upon how notions of disabled and able-bodies are recited with the dominant discourse of society. In particular, her book, Contours of Ableism, attempts to challenge "notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies" and what truly distinguishes the "abled body" from the "disabled body."

Fiona Kumari Campbell

Fiona Kumari Campbell is a leading disability studies researcher and theorist, focusing on disability in relation to the law, technology, advocacy, and desire. She is a current Senior Lecturer of Disability Studies at Griffith University, Australia and is an Adjunct Professor in Disability Studies with the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.Her specific research of Ableism focuses upon how notions of disabled and able-bodies are recited with the dominant discourse of society. In particular, her book, Contours of Ableism, attempts to challenge "notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies" and what truly distinguishes the "abled body" from the "disabled body."