Quest for Access to Education: Experiences of In/Exclusion at the Intersection of Migration and Disability

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Despite recent policies on and rhetoric of 'inclusive education,' children at the intersection of disability and migration deal with multidimensional systems of power and oppression that define their in-/exclusion. The fields of migration and disability remain divided by disciplinary boundaries (Pisani & Grech, 2015), and scholarship on inclusive education rarely addresses these children's experiences. Recognizing this gap, the session unites three studies on migration and disability in education. The presentations question existing knowledge and highlight diverse and heterogeneous experiences of people at the juncture of migration and disability. Further, the present session advocates for a socially just education system that acknowledges and responds to the needs of all and not only some.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Differences and Intersectionalities

Chair

• Samantha Marie Jacob, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Participants

• Jane Y. Jeong, University of Texas at Austin

• Giada Costantini, University of Birmingham

• Miso Kwak, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• Immigrant-Origin Students With Disabilities’ Barriers and Strategies to Access Education: A Systematic Review - Miso Kwak, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Syrian Refugee Children with Disabilities and Their Parents' Lived Experiences of Exclusion in Lebanon - Giada Costantini, University of Birmingham

• Navigating Intersecting Identities: An Autobiographical Counterstory of an Asian-American Woman Confronting Race, Gender, and Disability - Jane Y. Jeong, University of Texas at Austin

Discussant

• Tanushree Sarkar, University of Missouri