Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)

Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved. The ethic of higher education encourages students and teachers alike to accentuate ability, valorize perfection, and stigmatize anything that hints at intellectual, mental, or physical weakness, even as we gesture toward the value of diversity and innovation. Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, Dolmage argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all.

Country	USA
Author	Jay T Dolmage
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780472123414
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of Michigan Press
Manufacturer	University of Michigan Press
NumberOfPages	256
PublicationDate	2017-11-22
Publisher	University of Michigan Press
ReleaseDate	2017-11-22
Studio	University of Michigan Press

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)