What “My Kind” Can Offer: The Pressing Need for (More) Disability Studies and Disabled Scholars in Education Research


by Dorothy Bossman - November 13, 2015

This piece is a reflection on my experiences with disability in education, first as a student, then as a teacher, and ultimately, as someone who became disabled, but it is also an argument for a significant change in the manner in which most educational institutions treat, represent, and serve individuals with disabilities. I suggest that including the perspectives of more researchers and teachers who are disabled into the wider education research community is one way to begin this transformation.


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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record, Date Published: November 13, 2015
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 18258, Date Accessed: 3/1/2021 11:22:12 AM

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