Lived experiences of ableism in academia : strategies for inclusion in higher education / edited by Nicole Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Nicole, Editor.

Contributor:

Brown, Nicole, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination against people with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Education (Higher).

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol University Press 2021

Summary:

Embedded in personal experiences, this collection explores ableism in academia. Through theoretical lenses including autobiography, autoethnography, embodiment, body work and emotional labour, contributors explore being 'othered' in academia and provide practical examples to develop inclusive universities and a less ableist environment.

Contents:

Front Cover

Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education

Copyright information

Dedication

Table of contents

List of figures and tables

Notes on contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Being 'different' in academia

Introduction

Higher education in the 21st century

The body enters

Experiences of ableism in academia

Chapter overviews

Note

References

Part I Ways of knowing

1 A leg to stand on: irony, autoethnography and ableism in the academy

What is autoethnography?

Irony as a lens

Neoliberalist logics

Autoethnography as intervention

2 "There's no place for emotions in academia": experiences of the neoliberal academy as a disabled scholar

The neoliberal academy

The emotional toll of being a disabled academic

What the future holds

3 Embodiment and authenticity: how embodied research might shed light on experiences of disability and chronic illness

Embodiment

Embodiment and knowledge production

Embodied autoethnography

Conclusion

Notes

4 What's in a word? Rephrasing and reframing disability

A personal perspective

Societal and historical perspectives

The construction of media influences

The language we use

Reflecting on practice and understanding needs

Intermezzo

Part II Lived experiences

5 Colour blindness in academia: the challenges of an invisible impairment

Living with colour blindness

Colour blindness in academic research

Reflective questions

Recommendations

Acknowledgements

6 Stammering in academia: voice in the management of self and others

Scene 1: The interview.

What is stammering?

Academic life as a person who stammers

Scene 2: The presentation

Resources

7 Losing my voice (physically and metaphorically)

Losing my voice

Returning to work

Developing my voice

8 Deafness and hearing loss in higher education

Hearing impaired, deaf or Deaf?

What it means to (not) hear in the academy

Epilogue

9 Living with collagenous colitis as a busy academic: chronic illness and the intersection of age and gender inequality

Defining the disease

Telling my story

Impacting academic life

10 Three cheers for Access to Work partnership: two cheers for Two Ticks and one question about a university-wide self-disclosu

Me and Stan

The theory of Two Ticks

The reality of the Disability Confident scheme

Getting reasonably adjusted

Stan's afterword

For those not disabled

For those disabled

11 "I'm not saying this to be petty": reflections on making disability visible while teaching

This is personal

Asking

Whys and wherefores

But ...

Students' responses

12 #AutisticsInAcademia

Community definition of Autistic experience

A note on language

Autistics in academia

The challenges of being Autistic in academia

Disclosure

Institutional challenges

What 'good' looks like

The challenge of change: the need for routine.

Meetings, presenting, interviews and PhD vivas

Networking (urghhhh!), socialising and office politics

Teaching, marking and administrative duties

A truly inclusive academia: a starting point

13 "I've always wanted to be a nurse ...": challenging academic ableist assumptions

Perceptions of autism in academia

The challenges of autism and undergraduate nurse study

Re-think how student recruitment is structured and create an equitable start to the student journey

Create enabling clinical and work-based learning environments

Reconsider and challenge ableist assumptions on the concept of professionalism

Lead the way in innovative thinking and doing the right thing

14 Ableism in music academicism

Lack of representation

Lack of historic figures to draw upon

Lack of aesthetics that encourage disabled creatives

Lack of general awareness within the musicological environment

15 Teaching with and supporting teachers with dyslexia in higher education

Our perspective

Jennifer H

Jennifer L

Coping strategies and support tools

Setting aside extra time to check material

Getting a colleague to check your work

Writing down and preparing as much as possible

Telling the students about your dyslexia and asking for their help

16 Depressed academics: building a group blog community

Impact and issues

Inception

Choices in community building

Notable events

The post we just call 'The Post'

The memorial service.

Notable struggles

To build an online community

To help a colleague

To help yourself

17 Cancer, bereavement and work

Background

Bereavement leave policies and the Equality Act 2010

Applying grief, loss and bereavement theory

Getting on with it

Enablers at work

18 Invisible disabilities and (re)negotiating identity: life after major traumatic injury

Prologue

Disclosure: the accident, remembering and forgetting

Concealment: returning to academia

Passing strategies and teaspoons of energy

Conclusion: Bring my 'whole self' to work

Conclusion: Disability imaginary of the future

Ableism in academia and the lived experiences

Strategies for inclusion in higher education

Looking to the future

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Dec 2021).

ISBN:

1-4473-5413-3

1-4473-5412-5

OCLC:

1250630244