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Contagion and Antidote: Changing Locations of "Risk" in BC Public School's Discourse on Disability Stafford, Anika

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This paper examines discourses of disability in British Columbia’s public schools over the past century. I begin with overviewing gendered, racialized, able- norms that delineated who was deemed eligible for citizenship in the foundation of BC schools. From historical analysis, I move to examining current discourse regarding disability inclusion in public schools. This analysis focuses on a presentation by Vancouver School Board Autism and Inclusion consultants who, while arguing the importance of inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms, did do so with the goal of eradicating student difference. I draw from critical disability studies scholars that afford possibilities for public educational institutions to further depart from exclusionary pasts.

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Title
Contagion and Antidote: Changing Locations of "Risk" in BC Public School's Discourse on Disability
Creator
Stafford, Anika
Date Issued
2012-09-21
Description
This paper examines discourses of disability in British Columbia’s public schools over the past century. I begin with overviewing gendered, racialized, able- norms that delineated who was deemed eligible for citizenship in the foundation of BC schools. From historical analysis, I move to examining current discourse regarding disability inclusion in public schools. This analysis focuses on a presentation by Vancouver School Board Autism and Inclusion consultants who, while arguing the importance of inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms, did do so with the goal of eradicating student difference. I draw from critical disability studies scholars that afford possibilities for public educational institutions to further depart from exclusionary pasts.
Subject
Disability; Feminist; Education; History; Inclusion
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. EDST 509
Date Available
2012-09-21
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0075721
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43259
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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