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Tobin Siebers (1953–2015) was a professor of literature, art, and design at the University of Michigan, and a key figure in the development of disability studies. Siebers received a poliomyelitis diagnosis at two years old and lived with post-polio syndrome for the rest of his life, an experience he described in his essay "My Withered Limb."[1] His important books include Disability Theory (2008) and Disability Aesthetics (ISBN 9781501728112, 2010). Performance artist and disability activist Petra Kuppers referred to these works as "field defining."[2] In 2015, the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature, the U-M Press, and U-M Library established The Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies.[3]


  1. ^ Siebers, Tobin (Winter, 2021). "My Withered Limb". Michigan Quarterly Review. Retrieved 2024-05-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Kuppers, Petra (January 30, 2015). "Remembering Tobin Siebers, English professor, disability studies advocate | The University Record". record.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  3. ^ Watkinson, Charles (January 30, 2016). "War on Autism awarded inaugural Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies | University of Michigan Press". press.umich.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-15. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)