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Direct linkCavendish, Wendy, Ed.; Samson, Jennifer F., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This book presents a framework for addressing intersectionality within educational spaces to combat the cumulative effects of systemic marginalization due to race, gender, disability, class, sexual orientation, and other identity-based labels. Readers can use the framework to consider the impact of identities that individuals adopt or are…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Gender Bias, Disability Discrimination, Social Bias
Download full textCommission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1983
The monograph addresses legal issues involving discrimination against handicapped persons and the key legal requirement of reasonable accommodation. Four chapters in Part I examine background issues, including definitions and statistical overviews of handicaps; historical attitudes toward handicapped persons and an analysis of the extent of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation, Definitions
Kliewer, Christopher – 1998
This book draws on findings from a 2-year study that followed ten children with Down syndrome (ages 3-10) across 13 classrooms and accounts of high-school aged students with Down syndrome, in order to provide a detailed picture of schooling, Down syndrome, and disability. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the contrasting cultural images of…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Citizenship, Disability Discrimination, Downs Syndrome
Miller, Nancy B.; Sammons, Catherine C. – 1999
Featuring awareness activities that show how differences are perceived, this book explores how reactions to and beliefs about disabilities influence progress toward an inclusive society. Chapters address: (1) how and why we react to differences; (2) the limitations and challenges of disabilities and perspectives on disability; (3) understanding…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Communication Disorders
Hehir, Thomas – Harvard Education Press, 2005
A comprehensive study that is also practical and realistic, "New Directions in Special Education" outlines principles for decision-making about special education at every level--from the family to the classroom, school, and district--and for state and federal policy. With this volume, leading scholar and disability advocate Thomas Hehir…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Social Bias, Disability Discrimination
Levison, Lorie; St. Onge, Isabelle – 1999
This book is designed to reduce the discomfort and alienation of teachers and students regarding people with disabilities. Chapter 1, "The Realities of Disability," discusses the historical prejudice against people with disabilities, legislative changes that make inclusion possible, and disability awareness in the classroom. Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Consciousness Raising, Curriculum Design, Delivery Systems
Wehman, Paul, Ed. – 1998
One of a series of guides that provides practical resources on topics critical to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this volume is designed to help special education teachers, guidance and rehabilitation counselors, parents, advocates, and psychologists become familiar with how to develop individual transition…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
