Allies for Inclusion : ASHE Volume 39, Number 5.
Here is an overview of students with disabilities in postsecondary institutions and the importance of allies in their lives. It is a call to action for faculty, staff, and administrators in all facets of higher education, and emphasizes the shared responsibility toward students with disabilities and...
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Hoboken :
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2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Allies for Inclusion: Disability and Equity in Higher Education; Contents; Executive Summary; Foreword; Acknowledgments; The Future of Equity and Inclusion: Creating Meaningful Change; Disability Defined: What Does It Mean?; Overview of the Monograph; A Historical Overview of the Disability Movement; Key Definitions and Early Policies; Definitions; Early Policies and the Spirit of Change; Groundbreaking Legislation: The Rehabilitation Act and ADA; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990; Discussion of Key Court Cases.
- Southeastern Community College v. Davis (1979)Pushkin v. Regents of the University of Colorado (1981); Doe v. New York University (1981); Doherty v. Southern College of Optometry (1988); Wynne v. Tufts University School of Medicine (1992); Guckenberger v. Boston University (1997-1998); University of Alabama v. Garrett (2001); Conclusion; Disability of College Campuses: An Overview; Disability in Higher Education: What Is It?; College Students With Disabilities: Who Are They?; College Students With Disabilities: What Are They Saying?
- Perceptions and Preferences of Students and Employees With DisabilitiesDisability Services in Higher Education: What Is Provided?; Students With Disabilities: A Shared Responsibility; Conclusion; Understanding Campus Complexity: Problems, Challenges, and Marginalization; Models of Disability; Major Student Development Theories Related to Disability; Studies by Troiano (2003) and Olkin (2003); Disability Identity Development Model (Gibson, 2006); The Transition Theory (Schlossberg, Waters, & Goodman, 1995); The Theory of Marginality and Mattering (Schlossberg, 1989).
- Attitudes Toward DisabilityDisability Services on Campus; Student Veterans With Disabilities; Conclusion; Increasing Awareness: Allies, Advocacy, and the Campus Community; Defining Ally; Membership; Allies From Majority Identities; Allies Within Community; Theories of Ally Development; Broido's Model of College Student Ally Development; Edwards Aspiring Social Justice Ally Development Model; Bishop's Six-Step Model to Becoming an Ally; Washington and Evans's Model for Becoming an Ally; Praxis; Community of Allies; Allies for Disability: A Paradigm for Support; Conclusion.
- Increasing Awareness: Language, Communication Strategies, and Universally Designed EnvironmentsLanguage of Disability; Affirmative and Negative Language; Communication Strategies; Communication Tips; When You Meet a Person With a Visual Disability; When You Meet a Person Who Is Deaf or Hard of Hearing; When You Meet a Person With a Mobility Disability; When You Meet a Person With a Cognitive Disability; Universally Designed Environments; Universal Design; Universal Instructional Design; Universal Design for Student Development; Conclusion; The New Movement in Disability Education and Advocacy.