Student Insights on Critical Disability Studies Classes
“This class has completely changed the way I view disability in literature and in life!”
“I have learned so much that is applicable outside of the classroom! This is a class I will remember for years and years!”
“This course has been one of those rare types of courses that truly challenge and change the way you think. The materials (theory and literature readings) combined with the discussion have enhanced my understanding of how disability is discussed, written about, portrayed, and construed beyond what I could have imagined when I signed up for the class.”
“I think EVERYONE at Purdue should have to take this class.”
“Critical disability studies is such an important field and has so much to offer undergraduate students in any major. It is wonderful to listen to my peers openly discuss how much this class changed their views on disability. Although this was an English class, many of my peers belonged to other majors. The diverse majors represented in this disability studies course demonstrate how relevant this field is to a large number of undergraduates. More students need the opportunity to take disability studies courses and expand their knowledge of disability.”
Outstanding Senior in Critical Disability Studies
"Thank you to the Disabled community at Purdue, SIS, and the English Department, for helping me gain confidence and see the value of my perspective as a disabled person and giving me the resources to learn more about the academic traditions of intersectional feminism and disability, which has made me a more well rounded empathetic student, who sees the world with endless optimistic skepticism." August Grieger Petrella 2025
