66.063 - Typing and Talking Back: Challenging Prevailing Discourses of Research With Persons With Complex Communication Needs

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this session is to type and talk back to prevailing discourses about research concerning, and with, persons with complex communication needs. Specifically, our panel will present four papers, each addressing a different area related to the inclusion of persons with complex communication needs: meaningful high school inclusion, developing communication skills through collaborative processes, inclusion of facilitated communication research in scholarly journals and inclusion of individuals with complex communication needs in academic conferences. A central goal of the session is the substantive and significant contributions from individuals with disabilities who communicate in a variety of ways, both as co-authors on papers and co-presenters on the panel.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Disability Studies in Education

Chair

• Christine Elaine Ashby, Syracuse University

Papers

• "Inclusion of the Brain Versus Inclusion of the Heart": Constructions of Competence in Schools - Casey Woodfield, Syracuse University

• Communication as a Skill, Not a Gift: Practice of Movement for Communication - Eun Young Jung, Syracuse University; Katie Nichiporuk, Syracuse University

• Rejected: Discourse Analysis of Reviewer Feedback on Research Related to Facilitated Communication - Christine Elaine Ashby, Syracuse University; Jamie Burke, Syracuse University

• Constructing Knowledge-Makers: Representation of Individuals With Complex Communication Needs in Academic Conference Culture - Katherine Vroman, Syracuse University; Jennifer Seybert, Networks For Training and Development - Valley Forge, PA