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Welcome to the homepage of Kathleen and Rose's website on
"Wicked" by Gregory Maguire and how it relates to Disability Studies.

Chart of Character Disabilities Synopsis of Plot Map of Oz Blog Useful Links




What is a disability???


"Disability is not so much the lack of a sense or the
presence of a physical or mental impairment as it is
the reception and construction of that difference...
An impairment is a physical fact,
but a disability is a social construction.
For example, lack of mobility is an impairment,
but an environment without ramps turns that impairment into a disability...
a disability must be socially constructed; there must be an analysis
of what it means to have or lack certain functions,
appearance and so on"
(qtd. in Braddock and Parish 12).

--Lennard Davis


What's up with the film "The Wizard of Oz" and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"????


Check this out below, or click here to see the whole flick!


We're not in Kansas anymore...
But what is the weather like there?


Thank you for visiting.
Please come back and visit again!


References: "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire | YouTube | Wikipedia | title graphics from Wicked, the musical . . .
not to mention the brilliant minds of
Kathleen and Rose, who actually read the book!

This site was created in Spring 2009 for Disability Studies at Ramapo College of New Jersey.