Pushing the Limits: An Interview with Shelley Tremain

Abstract

Shelley Tremain, the 1997-1998 Ed Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow at the World Institute on Disability and the School of Public Health of the University of California at Berkeley and editor of Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture, is interviewed by Cathy Marston and Dawn Atkins. The interview covers Tremain's work with disabled dykes in Canada, raising awareness in queer communities about disability (and in disability communities about queer issues), research issues such as the social model of disability and problems with labels separating out “learning” and “mental” disabilities from “physical” disabilities, problems dealing with being an academic with a disability, and Tremain's suggested readings for those interested in doing more work on the intersection of queer and disability issues.