I connected recently with Audrey Gardner, a literacy educator at Bow Valley College who has produced some fabulous work on literacy and community development, and literacy and disability. Our short conversation got me thinking about how we define and understand disability in our everyday lives, and in this “whole life” project.
It is often the default position that the person with the disability is the one with the “issue” that needs accommodation, or that requires something “extra” or “special”. We have created whole industries, as Audrey pointed out, in instructing people in how to manage their disability so they can integrate
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