Reflections on Inclusion: Integrating the Disabled Self

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G. Denise Lance
Research Associate, Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas; Consumer Activities Coordinator, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities

Keywords

disability, identity, inclusion

Abstract

In the following essay, I explain how my experience as an included student with cerebral palsy influenced my identity as an individual with disabilities.  I also outline how my discovery of disability studies has influenced my role as a teacher, educator, and researcher in special education. 

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References

Linton, S. (1998). Claiming disability: Knowledge and identity. New York: New York University Press.

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Published
December 23, 2014

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Vol. 1 No. 3
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Author Biography

G. Denise Lance, Research Associate, Beach Center on Disability, University of Kansas; Consumer Activities Coordinator, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities

G. Denise Lance, Ph.D. is a Research Associate at the Beach Center on Disability at the University of Kansas and Consumer Activities Coordinator for the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities.  She also teaches online for the University of San Diego.  Her research interests include technology for individuals with disabilities, writers with disabilities, disability studies in special education, and portrayals of developmental disabilities in literature.