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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
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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
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Academic Ableism and Its Alternatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
In this interactive talk, we will collaborate to address the ableist attitudes, policies, and practices that are built into higher education. We will also interrogate the minimal and temporary means we have been given to address inequities, and the cost ...
Dolmage, Jay
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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
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Resistance from the margin: An autoethnographic account of academic ableism

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, 2023
AbstractAbleism—which refers to a socially‐sanctioned preference for normative bodies and minds, and which presumes one's abilities—is prevalent in any social system, including academia. However, despite an evolving disciplinary identity that seeks to improve work systems by addressing critical social issues, human resource development (HRD) as a field
openaire   +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
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Listening with Elephant Ears : Contesting Exclusion at the Intersection of Virtuosity and Ableism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
This article addresses Listening with Elephant Ears, a contemporary music composition and performance created by the author together with the Elefantöra (Elephant Ear) ensemble. Elefantöra is a norm-critical music ensemble that includes both disabled and
Boothby, Hugo,, Boothby, Hugo
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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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