Calling for an increase in research and scholarly inquiry into the effects of ableist assumptions on educating students with disabilities, Hehir offers suggestions for immediate efforts to begin overturning
ableist practices.
Hehir examines
ableist practices through a discussion of the history of and research pertaining to the education of deaf students, students who are blind or visually impaired, and students with learning disabilities, particularly dyslexia.
Not exact matches
The central comparison underlying the duty to accommodate is with regard to the disproportionately disparate effects of
ableist norms and
practices on persons with disabilities, as compared with persons without disabilities.