Ableism in academia : theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education /: theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nicole Brown, Jennifer Leigh.
• Editors: Brown, Nicole; Leigh, Jennifer
• Contents: ; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface; Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh ; ; Introduction: Theorising ableism in academia; Nicole Brown ; 1. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge: Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures; Claudia Gillberg ; 2. I am not disabled: Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves; Francesca Peruzzo ; 3. Disclosure in academia: A sensitive issue; Nicole Brown ; 4. Fibromyalgia and me ; Divya Jindal-Snape ; 5. A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education; Nicola Martin ; 6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy: A crip response; Alice Andrews ; 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; Elisabeth Griffiths ; 8. Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity; Carla Finesilver, Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown ; 9. Imposter; Jennifer Rode ; 10. Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal; Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown ; 11. From the personal to the political: Ableism, activism and academia; Kirstein Rummery ; 12. The violence of technicism: Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment; Fiona Kumari Campbell ; 13. A little bit extra; El Spaeth ; ; Concluding thoughts: Moving forward; Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh ; Afterword; Jennifer Leigh and Nicole Brown ; Index; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : UCL Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 305.908; Discrimination against people with disabilities; People with disabilities -- Education (Higher)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787355002; 9781787355019
• Related ISBNs: 9781787354999; 9781787354982
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