David Connor – RIA #184: Dr. David Connor on Disability Studies
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Reflections on a Universally Designed Rotating Note-Taker Assignment
By Emily Gravett Teaching disability and disability studies occurs in a wide variety of ways and contexts, as it should. While I teach specific courses (e.g., Religion & Disability) that are part of my institution’s Disability Studies Minor, I also try to teach disability in my other courses, in perhaps more subtle and implicit… Continue Reading Reflections on a Universally Designed Rotating Note-Taker Assignment
Curricular Advocacy: An Undergraduate Perspective on Creating Degrees in Disability Studies
by Madeline Fowler Abstract Although Disability Studies is a recognized course of study at over forty institutions nationwide, the degree is not yet available at a number of universities, including my own Duke University. To study this promising field, I designed my own undergraduate degree, Disability Studies and Ethical Mental Healthcare, through Duke University’s Program… Continue Reading Curricular Advocacy: An Undergraduate Perspective on Creating Degrees in Disability Studies
Academic Accommodations: They Do Make a Difference
EDF 6481 521 Foundations of Educational Research Spring 2017 By Hawa Allarakhia Introduction How is the performance of college students with learning disabilities impacted by the receipt of academic accommodations? Does it really make a difference? The short answer is yes. More and more students with disabilities are going to college these days. The… Continue Reading Academic Accommodations: They Do Make a Difference
Veterans and Disabilities
By Ray Sitler The American Soldier; many don’t view themselves as veterans because they didn’t see combat as some of their brothers-in-arms did, but either way they have earned the right of the title, Veteran. Our countrymen have seen many a war, be it in the forming of our nation or the shaping of the… Continue Reading Veterans and Disabilities
Final Paper – Introduction to Disability Studies
Angelica Civetta Final Paper Professor Maybee Introduction to Disability Studies DST 200 Imagine feeling as though you are at a constant disadvantage in a world which is designed for someone else. In an ableist society, non-disabled individuals are considered the standard for the “normal” way of living, which excludes people with disabilities. People with disabilities… Continue Reading Final Paper – Introduction to Disability Studies
