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Ableism and Changing Teacher Approaches in English Classrooms

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Ableism has a lot of umbrellas and it is hard to pinpoint exactly where it stems from within our culture as a whole. Keith Storey points out that ableism may stem from negative stereotypes that is particularly rooted in the lack of understanding disabilities issues. Two prominent issues are efficiency (ability to roll around a hallway as one can walk) and difference (obtaining information from Braille instead of print). A great to combat ableistic viewpoints is to eliminate stereotypes through, “ability awareness in which students and teachers without disabilities take part in simulated activities regarding having a disability” (Storey).    Storey points out that multicultural education celebrates diversity in ethnicity and women, but when it comes to disabilities it is very rare. This caused me to think of disabled characters that are talked about in school. Lenny from Of Mice and Men , the phantom from Phantom of the Opera , Mr. Rochester and his wife from Jane Eyre , an
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Ableism and Why Inclusion is Important

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Ableism at its simplest definition is the oppression of people with disabilities. The Center for Disability Rights defines it as, “a set of beliefs or practices that devalue and discriminate against people with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities and often rests on the assumption that disabled people need to be ‘fixed’ in one form or the other”. This is a form of our culture that is so ingrained in everyday lives that most people do not even realize that they are excluding people who are not seen as “normal” by the general public. The Center for Disability Rights points out that ableism is usually executed by nondisabled people with good intentions and one of our biggest hinderances of viewing people who are different from our everyday expectations is that we view them as if we are doctors and that their disability needs to be fixed.  An incredibly profound statement made by Leah Smith is, “The best way to de-root ableism in our everyday lives, is to ensu
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Ableism and Its History

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It’s important to keep in mind that language plays a valuable role in how people with disabilities see themselves. Some people prefer “Person-First-Language, which is how I referred to people with disabilities above. Others prefer Identity First Language (disabled person) because they take pride in having a disability and consider it part of their identity. As teachers it is important to keep both of these language uses in mind because both ways are correct and that a student may tell you that they prefer a specific way. As an educator, we must honor our students are identify them as the way they wished to be identified. Ableism is when a person’s disability is when disabilities are seen as the other and something to be overcome. It is important to keep this in mind when addressing a classroom with people with disabilities in it. Ableism stems from disability history (and how people with disabilities have been treated cruelly), lack of knowledge and understanding of varied exper
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