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Trapped Between Ableism And Neoliberalism : Critical Reflections On Disability And Employment In India [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Despite affirmative actions such as reservations in government employment, incentives and subsidies to employers, tax exemptions to persons with disabilities, skill-development trainings etc, employment for persons with disabilities continues to be ...
Hiranandani, Vanmala   +2 more
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Ableism in Academia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Rather than embracing difference as a reflection of wider society, academic ecosystems seek to normalise and homogenise ways of working and of being a researcher. As a consequence, ableism in academia is endemic. However, to date no attempt has been made

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Academic Coverage of Social Stressors Experienced by Disabled People: A Scoping Review

open access: yesSocieties, 2023
Social stress can be caused by many factors. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) highlights many social stressors disabled people experience in their daily lives.
Gregor Wolbring, Maria Escobedo
doaj   +1 more source

Review of Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2021
No abstract available.
Cara Wieland
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Disability and Self-Advocacy Experiences in University Learning Contexts

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 2021
Disabled students in Canadian universities are usually taught that they must develop the ability to discuss their disabilities and assert their rights if they want to achieve academic success.
Cynthia Bruce, M. Lynn Aylward
doaj   +1 more source

Ableism and accessibility in higher education: A case study regarding a wheelchair user in a psychology course

open access: yesContexto & Educação, 2023
The purpose of this article is to discuss accessibility and ableism in Higher Education from the academic trajectory of a psychologist with physical disabilities/a wheelchair user.
Fábio Alexandre Borges   +1 more
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A Collaborative Disability Studies-based Undergraduate Art Project at Two Universities

open access: yesDisability Studies Quarterly, 2015
In this manuscript, we discuss research findings from a collaborative visual arts curricular unit on ableism, which we implemented in non-Disability Studies undergraduate courses at two universities during the 2012-2013 academic year.
John Derby, Valerie Karr
doaj   +1 more source

Current Issues Bulletin: The Future of Inclusive Programs in Higher Education in the UK for Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Theory, Praxis, and Paradigms

open access: yesInternational Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 2023
Universities in the UK are currently inaccessible to students with intellectual disabilities, although alternative non-matriculating programs for these students are growing throughout the rest of the world.
Sue Carpenter
doaj   +1 more source

My Intersecting Quests as a Disabled Independent Scholar

open access: yesCurrent Musicology, 2021
This colloquy, by graduate-student-led collective Project Spectrum, attempts to map out existing discussions around inclusion and equity in music academia, with a specific focus on identifying and analyzing the structures in academia that work against ...
Tekla Babyak
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Barriers to Higher Education for Students with Bipolar Disorder: A Critical Social Model Perspective

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2018
Employing some of the features of participatory research methodology, a disabled faculty joins a student with mental health diagnosis to examine the factors that hinder or enable success for this group. The theoretical framework or scholarly bearings for
Allison K. Kruse, Sushil K. Oswal
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