Melanie Yergeau
Biographic Data
| ID | 3455037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Yergeau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Yergeau |
| SIGNATURE | YERGEAU M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cripping Neutrality
Neutrality is often impossible when disabled teachers are at the front of the classroom. This article unpacks three domains in which neutrality needs to be cripped: in response to students’ resistance to disability content, when considering the audiences for our pedagogy, and when teachers need accommodations
Authoring Autism
In Authoring Autism Melanie Yergeau defines neurodivergence as an identity-neuroqueerness-rather than an impairment. Using a queer theory framework, Yergeau notes the stereotypes that deny autistic people their humanity and the chance to define themselves while also challenging cognitive studies scholarship and its reification of the neurological passivity of autistics. She also critiques early intensive behavioral interventions-which have much i…
Authoring Autism
In Authoring Autism Melanie Yergeau defines neurodivergence as an identity-neuroqueerness-rather than an impairment. Using a queer theory framework, Yergeau notes the stereotypes that deny autistic people their humanity and the chance to define themselves while also challenging cognitive studies scholarship and its reification of the neurological passivity of autistics. She also critiques early intensive behavioral interventions-which have much i…
Authoring Autism
In Authoring Autism Melanie Yergeau defines neurodivergence as an identity-neuroqueerness-rather than an impairment. Using a queer theory framework, Yergeau notes the stereotypes that deny autistic people their humanity and the chance to define themselves while also challenging cognitive studies scholarship and its reification of the neurological passivity of autistics. She also critiques early intensive behavioral interventions-which have much i…
Cripping Neutrality
Neutrality is often impossible when disabled teachers are at the front of the classroom. This article unpacks three domains in which neutrality needs to be cripped: in response to students’ resistance to disability content, when considering the audiences for our pedagogy, and when teachers need accommodations
Autism (1 work) · Autistic Disorder (1 work) · Autistic people (1 work) · Disability Education and Employment (1 work) · Disability Rights and Representation (1 work) · Disability studies (1 work) · Disability studies (1 work) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 work) · Engineering (1 work) · Framing (construction (1 work)