Tracing the Bold Lines Drawn by Steven J. Taylor

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This panel organizes an examination of the lifework of Steven J. Taylor, who was respected nationally and internationally as an educator, researcher, colleague, advocate, mentor, and director, Center on Human Policy, Syracuse University. For Steve, democratic problem solving and the value of diverse “publics” assumed the inclusion of disabled people. Reminding us that disability studies (DS) existed in education well before “it had a name”(Danforth & Gabel, 2006), his observation was not intended to claim DS provenance, but to trace a DS orientation unique to educators. Steve held that now-devalued notions such as labeling theory and the theory of stigma could be viewed as foundational to DSE for important reasons. Panelists will consider many aspects of Steve’s mark on DSE.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Disability Studies in Education

Chair

• Linda P. Ware, SUNY - College at Geneseo

Papers

• Disability Studies and Interdisciplinarity: Interregnum or Productive Interruption? - Julie E. Allan, The University of Birmingham

• Logics of Civic Possibility: Exploring the Legacy of Steve Taylor - Ashley Taylor, Colgate University

• Still Caught in the LRE Continuum: How the Least Restrictive Environment Principle Perpetuates Segregated Practices - Janet S. Sauer, Lesley University

• To Keep, to Thrive, to Build in Community - Nancy E. Rice, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

• Exploring the Legacy of Steve Taylor: Editor and "Soft Anarchist" - Geert Van Hove, Ghent University

Discussant

• Roger Slee, Victoria University