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by Rachel Donegan (PDF)
"In this chapter, I provide some basic terminology and context for disability and accessibility and discuss how access features not only have direct benefits for a disabled audience, but are beneficial rhetorical bonuses for all writers (nondisabled and disabled).* By emphasizing access in their writing projects, students have the opportunity to improve their own writing."
by Jay Dolmage (PDF)
Using a metaphor of steps, Dolmage explores the ways that the university physically and pedagogically excludes students with disabilities.
by Kerry K. Cormier (PDF via JSTOR - SHU login required)
Cormier constructs an argument about the influence and power of classroom texts to shape students' perceptions about disability. She advocates for the inclusion of a disability studies lens in the literacy classroom, including a critique of students' ableism and how it is reflected in texts.
In this piece, Shearing explores what it's been like to become a writer and editor with dyslexia.
by Paul Heilker and Melanie Yergeau (PDF via JSTOR - SHU login required)
The authors of this multi-vocal piece draw on research and their own personal experiences with autism to advocate for an understanding of autism as rhetorical.
In his literacy narrative, Dolmage traces some of the history of disability in schools. He shares the story of a friend in high school who had a visual impairment to explore agency for students with disabilities and inclusivity in school settings.
BONUS: This interview is part of the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN), a digital collection of videos, essays, and podcasts of people around the country talking about their literacy histories and practices. You can search the DALN by subject to find similar narratives.
by Aurora Cullerton (video)
In this video literacy narrative, Cullerton describes how she acquired literacy as a person with a hearing impairment. She uses the "This I Believe" framework to present her story.
BONUS: This interview is part of the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN), a digital collection of videos, essays, and podcasts of people around the country talking about their literacy histories and practices. You can search the DALN by subject to find similar narratives.
by Nicole Green (video)
Green shares a story from elementary school in this literacy narrative interview. She describes being "forced" to learn Braille in school as a person with a visual impairment and loving the reward she received: being able to write and illustrate books.
BONUS: This interview is part of the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN), a digital collection of videos, essays, and podcasts of people around the country talking about their literacy histories and practices. You can search the DALN by subject to find similar narratives.
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