"Nothing About Us Without Us": Asserting Agency, Voice, and Relationships With Nonspeaking and Neurodivergent Students

Session Summary

Fri, April 5, 4:20 to 5:50pm, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Floor: 800 Level, Hall G

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Benefits and Risks of Internet Use by People With Intellectual Disabilities: A Teacher's Perspective - Esther Chiner-Sanz, Universidad de Alicante; Marcos Gómez-Puerta, University of Alicante
Constructing Agency: The Mediation of School Experiences Through Multimedia Autobiography by Autistic Adolescents - Beth Myers, Syracuse University
Exploring Research Methods as an Alternative Communicators and Neurodivergent Inquiry Group - Brianna Dickens, Syracuse University
GirlTalk: Crossing Boundaries Through Sex Education With Young Women With Intellectual Disabilities - Amy M. Williamson, The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa; Kagendo Mutua, The University of Alabama; Heather English, The University of Alabama
Relationship Fatigue: A Postcritical Ethnography Exploring Relationships Between Students With Severe Disabilities and Their Teachers - Charna D'Ardenne, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Karen Erickson, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill