DISABILITY POLICY AS AN EMERGING FIELD OF MAINSTREAM PUBLIC-POLICY RESEARCH AND PEDAGOGY - INTRODUCTION .1.

The purpose of this two-part symposium of the Policy Studies Journal i s to broaden the concept of disability policy from one that has releva nce only for people interested in that substantive area to that of a m ajor field of social policy having ramifications for the study and tea ching of public policy broadly construed. The goal is for experiences in disability policy to be regarded in the same way that experiences i n other substantive areas, such as environmental policy, other social services, and civil rights, illustrate broader themes in areas such as public management, policy analysis, or ethics.