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Author Dolmage, Jay, author.

Title Academic ableism : disability and higher education / Jay Timothy Dolmage.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
©2017

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Series Corporealities
Corporealities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Steep steps -- The retrofit -- Imaginary college students -- Universal design -- Disability on campus, on film: framing the failures of higher education -- Commencement.
Summary "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"--Back cover
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Subject Gosset, William Sealy
Discrimination in higher education.
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects.
College buildings -- Barrier-free design.
People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
College students with disabilities.
Sociology of disability.
Students with disabilities.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur.
Discrimination à l'égard des personnes handicapées.
Étudiants handicapés.
Handicap -- Aspect sociologique.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Physical Impairments.
Students with disabilities
College buildings -- Barrier-free design
College students with disabilities
Discrimination against people with disabilities
Discrimination in higher education
People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
Sociology of disability
Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects
Behinderung
Hochschule
Barrierefreiheit
USA
Other Form: Print version: Academic ableism. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017] 9780472073719 (DLC) 2017277434
ISBN 0472123416 (e-book)
9780472123414 (e-book)
9780472900725 (electronic bk.)
0472900722 (electronic bk.)
047205371X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0472073710 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780472053711 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780472073719 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000062554699

 
    
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