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Disability in Higher Education: Investigating identity, stigma, and disclosure amongst academics

Disability in Higher Education: Investigating identity, stigma, and disclosure amongst academics

Gayle Brewer
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Disabled people face a number of challenges including stigma accessibility and workplace discrimination Despite this there is little recognition of the lived experience of disabled academics It is important to acknowledge the presence and value of disabled academics and to address the systemic and structural issues that serve to disadvantage disabled faculty This book contributes to an emerging literature that recognizes disability within higher education with the intention to increase the accessibility and diversity of academia Note that in this text disability refers to a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term negative effect on a person s ability to complete routine activities and both identity first disabled academics and person first academics with disabilities language is adopted throughout

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Jumlah Halaman 132
Kategori Pendidikan
Penerbit McGraw-Hill Education
Tahun Terbit 2022
ISBN 9780335250318
eISBN 9780335250325
Disability in Higher Education: Investigating identity, stigma, and disclosure amongst academics

Disability in Higher Education: Investigating identity, stigma, and disclosure amongst academics

Gayle Brewer