Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages.) |
Series |
Disability, culture, and equity series |
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Disability, culture, and equity series.
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Contents |
Introduction: Educational positioning and the damage to youth potential : Disabled academic identities ; Social context of disability ; Cross-context ethnography ; Organization of book -- Positioning and the Production of Disabled Identities. Interlude : The water boy -- Social processes of disablement : Academic failure : who is to blame? ; Social impact on students' lives and identities ; The power of self-determination -- Ability and the power of personal agency : Developing agency and expanding possibilities ; Tinsley and school ; Different places, different powers, different stakes ; The threat of disablement -- Disabling Practices and Youth Resistance. Interlude : A mother's tale -- Stereotypes and restricted trajectories of learning : Spencer on probation ; The shadow of personal histories ; Disidentification with school ; Hidden curriculum : race and gender stereotypes ; Devin : smart and black ; Resisting disabling practices -- Images of disability and conflicting identities : Identities in motion ; James in the Ghillie suit ; Positioning and disability ; Mark : "I used to be autistic, but not anymore" ; Supporting an academic identity ; Student relationships with disability labels ; Summary : patterns of youth resistance -- The Power to Reposition Youth. Interlude : Impromptu -- Pride and possibility in schools : Setting the stage : stepping into pathways ; Flexible school structures and student perceptions ; Colby Simpson : coming back to life ; Mentorship at the music workshop ; Accessibility and capabilities -- Supporting ability development in classrooms : An ability-oriented mindset for teaching ; Student-informed teaching : a matrix for accommodations and assessments ; Active and supported participation : planning for barriers and opportunities ; Developing strengths and goals : a reflection and documentation grid ; Flexible ideas about abilities and intelligence -- Youth leadership and transformative teams : Ana at debate camp : "Everyone gets to talk" ; Having to stand : learning the practices ; Repositioning youth and learning to lead ; Battling a fear of failure ; Transformative peer groups ; Youth repositioning youth -- Interlude : fly-fight-win -- Conclusion: Unlearning disability -- Appendix: Ability across contexts : methods and realities |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record |
Subject |
Students with disabilities -- Education.
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Students with disabilities -- Psychology.
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Youth with mental disabilities -- Education.
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Youth with mental disabilities -- Psychology.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780807772720 (electronic bk.) |
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0807772720 (electronic bk.) |
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