Ableism in academia : theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education /
edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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 disability.