January 25, 2024 The Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is pleased to announce the release of the latest issue of Review of Disability Studies: International Journal: a Special Extended Issue on China and Disability. https://rdsjournal.org The 595-page issue (Volume 18, Issue 4 & Volume 19, Issue 1) is guest-edited by Drs. Luanjiao Hu, The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy, Brandeis University, and Fengming Cui, Harvard University. Using different methodologies, the articles address multiple concerns about disability in China, including inclusive education, community living, disability history, and lived experience. Additionally, the issue features other ongoing global research. It is the editors’ hope that the works in these neglected areas may play a small role in larger collective efforts to advance disability rights and justice globally. As an accessibility measure, plain language versions of all abstracts may be viewed at: https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/China-plain-language-abstracts Mahalo, RDS Editorial Team, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal Raphael Raphael, Editor-in-Chief, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Sandra Oshiro, Assistant Editor, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Associate Editors - Kara Ayers - Jenifer Barclay - Scot Danforth - Hemachandran Karah - Sona Kazemi - Patricia Morrissey - Meriah Nichols __________________________________ Through continuing efforts in Education & Early Intervention, Employment, & Community Living, the Center on Disability Studies helps provide thousands of people with disabilities and their families, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and other underrepresented populations, the pathway to empowered lives of full participation and access. We also provide the students of University of Hawaiʻi and partner institutions with innovative, interdisciplinary research and service opportunities to engage in meaningful community-based learning and advocacy. Learn more at: https://coe.hawaii.edu/cds/ __________________________________ 39th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity *Beyond Access: Building a Culture of Belonging* Main Conference (In-Person with Virtual Options) Tuesday, February 27 – Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Hawaiʻi Convention Center Honolulu, Hawai’i https://pacrim.coe.hawaii.edu/ -- Raphael Raphael Assistant Professor, Center on Disability Studies, College of Education, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa rraphael@hawaii.edu Editor-in-Chief, *Review of Disability Studies* https://rdsjournal.org/