How “Special” Education Impedes Social Justice

Mar 6, 2018

4:00pm – 4:20pm CT

Over the past 15 years, the term “neurodiversity” has grown from a reference to the autism community, to include individuals identified as having a broad range of emotional, behavioral, learning, developmental, and intellectual disabilities. This perspective may be further extended to all aspects of cultural diversity. A distinguishing feature of functional models of disability and culture is its lack of regard for personal attributions in favor of environmental relations.

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Alonzo Andrews

The University of Texas at San Antonio