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Ableism in Academia : theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education / edited by Nicole Brown, Jennifer Leigh.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages)
- Other Title:
- Ableism in Academia
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : UCL Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Ableism in Academia provides an interdisciplinary outlook on the subject of ableism by theorising and conceptualising what it means to be outside the stereotypical norm as a worker in higher education.
- Contents:
- Preface / Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh Introduction : Theorising ableism in academia / Nicole Brown The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge : Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures / Claudia Gillberg I am not disabled : Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves / Francesca Peruzzo Disclosure in academia : A sensitive issue / Nicole Brown Fibromyalgia and me / Divya Jindal-Snape A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education / Nicola Martin Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy : A crip response / Alice Andrews '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 / Elisabeth Griffiths Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity / Carla Finesilver, Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown Imposter / Jennifer Rode Internalised ableism : Of the political and the personal / Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown From the personal to the political : Ableism, activism and academia / Kirstein Rummery The violence of technicism : Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment / Fiona Kumari Campbell A little bit extra / El Spaeth Conclusioning thoughts : moving forward / Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh Afterword / Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown.
- Notes:
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