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Ableism in academia : theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education / edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Non-aggregator electronic books.
- Non-aggregator electronic books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Employees--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Universities and colleges.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- College students with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.
- College students with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.
- People with disabilities.
- Sociology of disability.
- Universities and colleges--Employees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London : UCL PRESS, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Introduction: Theorising ableism in academia
- 1. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge: Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures
- 2. I am not disabled: Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves
- 3. Disclosure in academia: A sensitive issue
- 4. Fibromyalgia and me
- 5. A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education
- 6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy
- 7. 'But you don't look disabled': Non-visible disabilities, disclosure and being an 'insider' in disability research and 'other' in the disability movement and academia
- 8. Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity
- 9. Imposter
- 10. Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal
- 11. From the personal to the political: Ableism, activism and academia
- 12. The violence of technicism: Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment
- 13. A little bit extra
- Concluding thoughts: Moving forward
- Afterword
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781787355002
- 1787355004
- 9781787354975
- 1787354970
- Publisher Number:
- 40030294629
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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