A Case Study of Disability Leadership in the Caribbean: From a Decolonial Perspective

• In Event: Dis/ability in the Americas: The Intersections of Education, Power, and Identity

Abstract

Abstract: Using a case study, authors discuss an example of a leadership education training program that comprises a rich diversity of people in terms of background experiences. Participants include maternal and child health providers, family members of children with developmental disabilities, graduate/doctoral students, educational service providers, and adults with disabilities. This program engages partners in disability-related advocacy and social justice on the ground in the U.S. Caribbean. The chapter focuses on critical approaches to paternalistic/authoritarian and Eurocentric views of disability, as well as other forms of service provision for individuals with disabilities and their families. In addition, it will highlight the way in which the leadership education training program engages program participants in anti-oppressive and equity instruction, mentoring, and internship opportunities.

Author

• Karen Brown