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Disability Services and Disability Studies in Higher Education: History, Contexts, and Social Impacts
Christy M. Oslund
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Description for Disability Services and Disability Studies in Higher Education: History, Contexts, and Social Impacts
Hardcover. Christy Oslund explores how the divide between disability studies and disability services, which exist on college and university campuses everywhere, impacts students with disability on campus. Num Pages: 125 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM; JNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Disability Services and Disability Studies in Higher Education considers how the two fields of disability studies and disability services in institutions of higher education impact each other. Disability Studies is centered in the classroom, an interdisciplinary field that teaches about the social contexts of disability, while Disability Services works outside the classroom, making sure students with disabilities are able to access classroom spaces and educational material. Oslund explores the effect of the services on the larger societies in which they are located, students who encounter the respective fields, and those who self-identify as disabled or have an identity of disability ... Read more
Disability Services and Disability Studies in Higher Education considers how the two fields of disability studies and disability services in institutions of higher education impact each other. Disability Studies is centered in the classroom, an interdisciplinary field that teaches about the social contexts of disability, while Disability Services works outside the classroom, making sure students with disabilities are able to access classroom spaces and educational material. Oslund explores the effect of the services on the larger societies in which they are located, students who encounter the respective fields, and those who self-identify as disabled or have an identity of disability ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
125
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137502438
SKU
V9781137502438
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99-15
About Christy M. Oslund
Christy Oslund is Coordinator of Student Disability Services at Michigan Technical University, USA. She holds degrees in science, philosophy, writing, and rhetoric, and is an ordained minister. Oslund has been involved in animal rescue work for 30 years, and has taught in the classroom for 15 years. She is interested in animal therapy, social justice, flower gardening, and ethics.
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