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Ableism in academia, theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education, edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh

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Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Ableism in academia

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edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh

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theorising experiences of disabilities and chronic illnesses in higher education

Ableism in Academia provides an interdisciplinary outlook on the subject of ableism by theorising and conceptualising what it means to be outside the stereotypical norm as a worker in higher education.--, Provided by publisher

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Theorising ableism in academia -- 1. The significance of crashing past gatekeepers of knowledge: Towards full participation of disabled scholars in ableist academic structures -- 2. I am not disabled: Difference, ethics, critique and refusal of neoliberal academic selves -- 3. Disclosure in academia: A sensitive issue -- 4. Fibromyalgia and me -- 5. A practical response to ableism in leadership in UK higher education -- 6. Autoimmune actions in the ableist academy -- 7. '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 -- 8. Invisible disability, unacknowledged diversity -- 9. Imposter -- 10. Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal -- 11. From the personal to the political: Ableism, activism and academia -- 12. The violence of technicism: Ableism as humiliation and degrading treatment -- 13. A little bit extra -- Concluding thoughts: Moving forward -- Afterword -- Index