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Chemical and electromagnetic exposures as disability barriers: environmental sensitivity 

Author: Pamela Reed Gibson a
Affiliation:   a Department of Psychology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802652454
Publication Frequency: 7 issues per year
Published in: journal Disability & Society, Volume 24, Issue 2 March 2009 , pages 187 - 199
Formats available: HTML (English) : PDF (English)
Previously published as: Disability, Handicap & Society (0267-4645) until 1994
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Abstract

This paper proposes that chemical and electromagnetic exposures pose technology-related disability barriers for people who have acquired sensitivities to them and that these barriers should be integrated into our understanding of disability. I discuss pervasive chemical and electrical exposures as products of industrialism that first engender impairments and then act as disability barriers to those who develop intolerance to them. I also remark on unique aspects of environmental sensitivities in the context of the social model.
Keywords: multiple chemical sensitivity; chemical sensitivity; chemical intolerance; chemical hypersensitivity; electrical hypersensitivity
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