Gain a basic understanding of the wider context (the “why”) of accessibility labor and projects
Core readings
- Dolmage, J. (2017) First sections (pp. 1-11) of "Introduction" from Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education.
Read pages 1 to 11 (up until "Eugenics and Colonial Science"), which introduces key ideas related to critically framing the labor of accessibility work (e.g. ableism vs. disablism, examinations of rhetoric and the field of disability studies) and offers a solid entry point into this kind of thinking.
Reference materials
- Dolmage, J. (2017) Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education. (entire book is available OA)