omnis audis, I'm disabled/a PWD too (part-time wheelchair user, part-time crutches user, genetic condition causing joint problems and some other fun). My course is *amazing*, and I'm hoping to do a PhD (if I ever get funding, which could take a while) - but I have to get past research methods first. Gah.
We do have pretty good disability rights legislation here - the Disability Discrimination Act. Progress has been *slow* since the the act was passed in 1995, what with all the old buildings etc, but we're getting there.
Shir, sociology is cool! That's basically what I do. No statistics for me though. I try VERY hard to avoid them. At some point I might have to take a stats class, but I'm taking bets on how far I can get into a sociology-based PhD before that. For statistics are evil. History studies, though, that sounds good.