Reasonable accommodation and interdependence
Revisiting the dynamics of disability inclusion in higher education in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3645889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shilpaa Anand (0000-0002-4808-0121, Pilani), Meghana Rao (0000-0001-6901-1347, Azim Premji University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 206-218 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09589236.2024.2365209 |
| OpenAlex | W4399965804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 13 |
The principle of reasonable accommodation according to Article 2 of the UNCRPD is defined as ‘necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms’. Exploring the relationship between inclusive policies enacted in institutions of higher education in India, and their impact on those who claim accommodation, we discuss the nature of care that informs and animates such interactions. Drawing on feminist disability studies scholarship on care, particularly, Akemi Nishida’s recommendation that care is inherently collective we analyse two sets of transactions selected for study as enabling care in patronizing and charitable manners, while simultaneously ignoring the politics of responding to and providing accommodations. We find that institutional responses to accommodation claims are less reflective of the socio-political and affective aspects integral to the RA principle. Instead, the focus seems to be on providing either technocratic solutions or interpreting RA claims as causing undue burden. By reading the RA principle through the lens of scholarship on interdependence, we aim to broaden the scope of adopting and interpreting the RA principle
Accommodation · Disability studies · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Reasonable accommodation · Scholarship · Sociology · Technocracy · Disability Rights and Representation · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology
Disability Rights and Wrongs
Academic Ableism
Learning from My Daughter
In a Different Voice
Reckoning Black Lives Matter and the democratic necessity of social movements
Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory
Disability, embodiment and ableism
How the disabled body unites the national body
The politics of care
From duality to indivisibility
Living a Feminist Life
Kinship Destabilized
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |