{"id":574,"date":"2019-12-01T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T22:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2020-06-04T23:38:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T23:38:53","slug":"disability-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/foundations\/disability-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kari-quote-662x1024.png\" alt=\"Chalkboard with Disability isn't the problem. What's the problem is convincing others that it's not a problem. Lais Kari\" class=\"wp-image-681\" width=\"331\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kari-quote-662x1024.png 662w, https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kari-quote-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/kari-quote.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Disability Studies is an academic area of interdisciplinary inquiry, not an applied field. Therefore, it can be difficult for service practitioners to recognize how its scholarship can be used in their work. However, disability studies\u2019 core concepts actually provide a philosophical framework that can support the development of a strong resource office. Without its foundational guidance, the service industry and we, as professional service providers, can easily maintain structures and systems that continue to marginalize disabled individuals.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read, Engage, Reflect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-62015b90 wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soe.syr.edu\/disability-studies\/\">Syracuse University: What is Disability Studies?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/views\/2005\/02\/21\/why-disability-studies-matters\"><strong>Inside Higher Education: Why Disability Studies Matters<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Engage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-6f9edc05 wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-h0qnGKYjPY\"><strong>Introduction to Bioethics: Bioethics &amp; the Human Body (YouTube)<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0HZaPkF6qE\">Examined Life: Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor (YouTube)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-97cc2101 wp-block-list\"><li>What main points do you take away from engaging with these materials?<\/li><li>Why are they significant for you?  <\/li><li>What will you do differently as a result?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Does This Matter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background ticss-be52a041\" style=\"background-color:#bfe2f1\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><strong>Service providers who are guided by disability studies scholarship tend to:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-703bd939 wp-block-list\"><li>Read about the history of disability and marginalization<\/li><li>Recognize and explore their power and privilege as professionals<\/li><li>Ask students\u2019 for their ideas about how to remove barriers<\/li><li>Engage with the campus community to find systemic solutions to barriers<\/li><li>Consider ways to minimize steps for disabled students to receive accommodations&nbsp;<\/li><li>Considers politicization and disability identity a part of student development<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Service providers who do not consider disability studies scholarship in their work tend to:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"ticss-b5fd7286 wp-block-list\"><li>Put most of their resources into providing individual services&nbsp;<\/li><li>Focus on students qualifying for accommodation and worry about over-accommodation&nbsp;<\/li><li>Focus on compliance over usability<\/li><li>Frame the problem as belonging to the student<\/li><li>Refer students to professionals for remediation<\/li><li>Establish policies and procedures that are effective for their staff and faculty<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exploreaccess.org\/refocus2\/foundations\/language\/\"><strong>Next Page: Language<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Disability Studies is an academic area of interdisciplinary inquiry, not an applied field. 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