Anne Waldschmidt

Prof. Dr. Anne Waldschmidt is a faculty member at Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin, specializing in Disability Studies. She delivered a keynote titled *Jenseits der Modelle: Theoretische Perspektiven der Disability Studies* at the 2018 Disability Studies Conference (DisKo18) in Berlin. Her research critically examines existing models of disability, emphasizing the societal and cultural components of disability, and advocates for theoretical frameworks that transcend traditional impairment-focused perspectives.

Her work focuses on challenging conventional notions of disability through interdisciplinary analysis, particularly addressing the concept of *Ableism* and its institutional manifestations. The 2018 conference highlighted her contributions to advancing theoretical debates within Disability Studies, stressing the importance of theory in empirical and applied research for meaningful societal impact.