The Discourse of Disability in Communication Education
eBook - PDF

The Discourse of Disability in Communication Education

Narrative-Based Research for Social Change

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Discourse of Disability in Communication Education

Narrative-Based Research for Social Change

About this book

This book examines the ways in which communicative practices influence the lives of students and faculty with disabilities in higher education. Offering their own experiences as teachers and students, the authors use qualitative research methods, mainly narrative and autoethnography, to highlight the intersections among communication, disability, diversity, and critical communication pedagogy. While embodying and emphasizing these connections, each chapter defines the notion of disability from a different point of view; summarizes the relevant literature; provides suggestions for different ways of improving the experiences of people with disabilities in higher education; promotes social change; and in some cases, promotes policy change. Overall, the volume promotes more effective, mindful, honest, and caring interaction between able-bodied and disabled individuals.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction (Ahmet Atay and Mary Z. Ashlock)
  5. Chapter One: Communication, Teaching and Learning, and Faculty Disability: Lessons from a Personal Narrative (Peter M. Kellett, Alison N. Buckley and Melissa J. Frame)
  6. Chapter Two: Navigating Communication Courses: The Impact of Visual Impairment on the Teacher-Student Relationship in Communication Classrooms (Deleasa Randall-Griffiths and Kelsey Nicolay)
  7. Chapter Three: Should I Tell My Students I Am Brain-Injured? (Kelly Coyne, Paul Siegel and Heather Warner)
  8. Chapter Four: Disability Subjectivity in Educational Contexts (Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway and Julie S. Cosenza)
  9. Chapter Five: Walk in Our Shoes: Bridging the Cultural Abyss (Vernon Humphrey)
  10. Chapter Six: Retard: Learning to Lean (Julie Cosenza)
  11. Chapter Seven: Caught in the Rhetoric: How Students with Disabilities Are framed by DSS Offices in U.S. Higher Education (Kathryn Golsan and Kyle Rudick)
  12. Chapter Eight: Teaching College Student with Disabilities: Where Do I Go from Here? Effective Communication Strategies in the Classroom (Mary Z. Ashlock)
  13. Chapter Nine: A Personal Journey to Understanding the Discourse of Disability: Making Connections Possible through New Media Technologies (Ahmet Atay)
  14. Chapter Ten: Difference through Documentary (Stacey O. Irwin)
  15. Chapter Eleven: Zero Degrees of Separation: Managing the Advisor Role as Student Demands Increase (Stacey Peterson)
  16. Contributing Authors
  17. Index