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Ableism in academia : theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education / edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh

Contributor(s): Brown, Nicole [editor.] | Leigh, Jennifer [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: UCL Press, Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsISBN: 9781787355002; 9781787354999; 9781787354982; 9781787354975; 9781787355019Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Employees -- Legal status, laws, etc | Discrimination against people with disabilities | College students with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc | People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc | Sociology of disabilityOnline resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge: Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures -- 2. I am not disabled: Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves -- 3. Disclosure in academia: A sensitive issue -- 4. Fibromyalgia and me -- 5. A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education -- 6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy: A crip response -- 7. 'But you don't look disabled': Non-visible disabilities, disclosure and being an 'insider' in disability research and 'other' in the disability movement and academia -- 8. Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity -- 9. Imposter -- 10. Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal -- 11. From the personal to the political: Ableism, activism and academia -- 12. The violence of technicism: Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment --13. A little bit extra.
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1. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge: Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures -- 2. I am not disabled: Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves -- 3. Disclosure in academia: A sensitive issue -- 4. Fibromyalgia and me -- 5. A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education -- 6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy: A crip response -- 7. 'But you don't look disabled': Non-visible disabilities, disclosure and being an 'insider' in disability research and 'other' in the disability movement and academia -- 8. Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity -- 9. Imposter -- 10. Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal -- 11. From the personal to the political: Ableism, activism and academia -- 12. The violence of technicism: Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment --13. A little bit extra.

Electronic reproduction. London : UCL Press, 2020. Available in PDF format. Description based on contents viewed 19 October 2020.

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