Cancelled. Structured Exclusions and the Construction of Disability in Schools

• In Event: 72.049 - Roundtable Session 34
  In Roundtable Session: 72.049-16 - Producing In/Exclusion: Uncommon Narratives of Discourse, Voice, and Representation

Abstract

The framing of disability is an ongoing, negotiated discourse in which participants build upon, challenge, and reject the political, social, economic, and cultural influences that lead to its constructions. Disability is often conceptualized through experiences of racialization, poverty, academic failure, and restricted programming. Juxtaposed against defined institutionalized norms and dominant narratives, each structural variable and outcome has the potential to create the perception of 'difference'. Drawing upon transnational, critical disability and citizenship theory, this paper proposes employing a framework that centralizes the experience of social citizenship and belonging as an indicator of equity. Situated in the field of education, this study provides evidence of the structural exclusion of students with disabilities as well as how identity labels are socially constructed.

Author

• Gillian Parekh, York University