Dolmage, Jay, <br/><br/>
Academic ableism :  disability and higher education / 
Jay Timothy Dolmage. 
 - Ann Arbor :  University of Michigan Press,  [2017]  ©2017 
 - 1 online resource 
 - Corporealities .
 - Corporealities. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-222) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Steep steps -- The retrofit -- Imaginary college students -- Universal design -- Disability on campus, on film: framing the failures of higher education -- Commencement. 
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<br/><br/> "Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of higher education, often positioned as a distraction, a drain, a problem to be solved. The ethic of higher education encourages students and teachers alike to accentuate ability, valorize perfection, and stigmatize anything that hints at intellectual, mental, or physical weakness, even as we gesture toward the value of diversity and innovation. Examining everything from campus accommodation processes, to architecture, to popular films about college life, Dolmage argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all"--Back cover 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>[Place of publication not identified]: <br/>HathiTrust Digital Library. <br/>2020. 
<br/><br/><br/>Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. <br/>http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0472123416 9780472123414 9780472900725 0472900722 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gosset, William Sealy
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discrimination in higher education.<br/>Discrimination against people with disabilities.<br/>Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.<br/>College buildings--Barrier-free design.<br/>People with disabilities--Education (Higher)<br/>College students with disabilities.<br/>Sociology of disability.<br/>EDUCATION--Higher.<br/>HEALTH & FITNESS--Physical Impairments.<br/>College buildings--Barrier-free design.<br/>College students with disabilities.<br/>Discrimination against people with disabilities.<br/>Discrimination in higher education.<br/>People with disabilities--Education (Higher)<br/>Sociology of disability.<br/>Universities and colleges--Sociological aspects.<br/>Behinderung<br/>Hochschule<br/>Barrierefreiheit
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>USA
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC4818.38