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LAW-30116 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

LAW-30116 - Disability Law
Coordinator: Ezgi Tascioglu Room: CBA2.017 Tel: +44 1782 7 33860
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733218

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

Disabled people (who make up approximately 20% of the UK’s population) are significantly more likely to experience exclusion from public and private spheres of life – for example, from education, employment, community participation, intimate relationships and family life.
This module explores some of the foundational concepts and issues in the area of disability law. It will introduce you to the key areas of law impacting people who have physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Integral to the module will be an examination of both the ‘enabling’ and ‘disabling’ aspects of the law. You will critically assess law’s potential as well as shortcomings to ensure full inclusion and equality for disabled people in all aspects of life.

Aims
To provide an overview of the key domains of law which impact disabled people.
To introduce students to the core themes and approaches in disability law scholarship.
To develop students’ ability to critically analyse law from a disability perspective.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/law-30116/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify and critically assess key areas of law impacting disabled people.: 2
Demonstrate an understanding of current debates in disability law scholarship.: 2
Adopt a critical, analytical approach to law from a disability perspective.: 1,2
Critically evaluate the role of law in the lives of disabled people.: 1,2
Disseminate legal information and knowledge in a creative way to a lay audience.: 1

Study hours

Class time (10 x 2 hour lectures/seminars/workshops): 20 hours
Class preparation time: 60 hours
Assignment preparation: 70 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Assignment weighted 50%
Zine related to a specific issue covered on the course
Students are required to create a zine (self created magazine utilising images, poems, quotes, or other text) which showcases a particular subject or aspect of the course (maximum 1,500 words). It gives the creator chances to demonstrate enthusiasm and a unique perspective on the topic as well as communicating information and learning to a diverse audience. Students will be given a template provided free of charge by the Wellcome Collection (A free museum and library exploring health and human experience) to assist them in creating their own zine. Students will have two workshops for this assessment: one on how to create a zine, and one which allows them to make the zine with examples. Students will have the opportunity to showcase their zines and design commentary to members of the Law School after the assessment, including via the Disability Law notice board and in the student space of the Law School. All zines will be second marked.

2: Creative Brief weighted 50%
1500 word design commentary for the zine
This will give students an opportunity to give the marker commentary as to why they chose a particular subject for their zine, what sources they drew on and why, space to explain any AI used (for example in the creation of imagery or other creative outputs to express their point of view), how they used the zine to communicate a particular issue relating to law and disability to a broad audience.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025