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Disability Justifies Exclusion of Minority Students

A Critical History Grounded in Disability Studies

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ID9735325
AuthorsD Kim Reid (Teachers College, Columbia University, Curriculum and Teaching, 302E Main, TC Box 031, New York, NY 10027; Her scholarly interests embrace the sociopolitical construction of disability, particularly with respect to humor, as well as special education’s role as an unintentional tool of institutional racism), Doug Reid (Columbia University, corresponding author), Michelle G Knight (0000-0001-6880-4417, Teachers College, Columbia University, Curriculum and Teaching, 302E Main, TC Box 031, New York, NY 10027; Her scholarly interests include equity issues in urban education, teacher education, multicultural feminisms and feminist pedagogies, and African American teaching practices with diverse populations), Michelle Knight (Columbia University)
Year2006
Volume35
Issue6
Pages18-23
Publication date2006-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x035006018
OpenAlexW2132998249
LanguageEN
Citations received64
References cited29

From a disability studies (DS) perspective, the authors analyze how the historical conflation of disability with other identity factors and the ideology of normalcy contribute to the disproportionality problem in K–12 special education. They argue that this conflation and ideology make labeling and segregated education seem natural and legitimate for students carrying the high-incidence, legally defined labels Learning Disabled (LD), Mentally Retarded (MR), and Emotionally Disturbed (ED). The authors then apply their insights to the scant literature on college access for students labeled LD. Although it appears that disabled students are succeeding at increasing rates, the overall picture obscures the continued effects of the historical legacy embedded in the intersections of race, class, gender, and disability for K–16 students

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