By examining the characteristics of societies and cultures in relation to disability, the concerns of disability studies are useful for geography, as they enable us to reflect on spatial barriers and on the diversity of ways of perceiving or representing space. Over and above the question of accessibility, spatial approaches enable us to reflect on the habitability of territories, whether highly urbanized or rural, in terms of disability.

• Accessibility as a category for public action

– How do disability-related issues lead public authorities to reconfigure space?

– How does this translate into accessibility policies on different scales (from global to worldwide) and according to different types of space (urban/rural)?

• Disability and the space we use, perceive and experience

– How do disabled people use space?

– How do they negotiate, appropriate and transform space?

– What spatial barriers do they face?

– What are the advantages of studying disability through a sensitive, cultural geographical approach?

• Disability and geography: epistemological, conceptual and methodological issues

– What role does and can geography play in disability studies?

– To what extent does the spatial and geographical approach raise epistemological and methodological issues for the various research streams in disablity studies?

– How do spatial and geographical approaches reconfigure disability?

– How can we work on disability in geography?

– What methodological tools can be used to gain access to the experience of people with disabilities?

– Comment les personnes handicapées utilisent-elles l’espace ?

– Comment négocient, s’approprient et transforment l’espace ?

– À quels obstacles spatiaux sont-ils confrontés ?

– Quels sont les avantages d’étudier le handicap à travers une approche géographique sensible et culturelle ?

• Handicap et géographie : enjeux épistémologiques, conceptuels et méthodologiques

– Quel rôle la géographie joue-t-elle et peut-elle jouer dans les études sur le handicap ?

– Dans quelle mesure l’approche spatiale et géographique soulève-t-elle des enjeux épistémologiques et méthodologiques pour les différents courants de recherche en études du handicap ?

– Comment les approches spatiales et géographiques reconfigurent-elles le handicap ?

– Comment travailler sur le handicap en géographie ?

– Quels outils méthodologiques peut-on utiliser pour accéder à l’expérience des personnes en situation de handicap ?