JSTOR

Academic Ableism, Disability and Higher Education, Disability and Higher Education

Author

Dolmage, Jay T

Year

2017

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Language

English

Pages

27

ISBN

978-0-47207-371-9

Link

Last Update

05-Nov-2024

Keywords

Education ; Language & Literature ; Public Health

Description

In this chapter, I will continue to interrogate and remap the spaces and interfaces of the North American university, analyzing the ways that educational institutions have “limit[ed] public access and interaction in such a way as to avoid the chance encounter of diverse populations, creating a series of protected interior and isolated spaces” (Hardt and Negri, 188), as well as the ways that we might more actively, inclusively design our teaching in response to, and with an awareness of, this architecture. I will put forward three images through my first three chapters: steep steps, the retrofit, and universal design. These...

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