Ableism in academia : theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education / edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh - 1 online resource (245 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : theorising ableism in academia The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge : towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures I am not disabled : difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves Disclosure in academia : a sensitive issue Fibromyalgia and me A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy ‘But you don’t look disabled’ : non-visible disabilities, disclosure and being an ‘insider’ in disability research and ‘other’ in the disability movement and academia Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity Imposter Internalised ableism : of the political and the personal From the personal to the political : ableism, activism and academia The violence of technicism : ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment A little bit extra Concluding thoughts : moving forward

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