The educational system all over the country falls victim to ableist segregation as well. As the New York case shows, elementary schools fall victim to ableism, but not even in the university setting does ableism cease to prevail. In the university setting, too often teachers are denied accessibility and accommodations for their impairment based on how the university categorizes that particular impairment (Kerschbaum 37). ‘Special’ education poses a more troubling issue. Under the medical model of disability, the conflation of ableism, intellectual in particular, and other identity factors make labelling and segregating the educational system, especially ‘special’ education, seem natural and legitimate (Reid and Knight 18). Race plays an important
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Students with different abilities such as being deaf or hard of hearing or having trouble seeing may be left out of class discussions or information presented in class. Using universal design, one way to increase accessibility to instructions and information would be giving them out over multiple modes of communication such as orally, written, and/or electronically (Colburn 8). This is but one of many strategies teachers can use in the classroom to make it more inclusive. Strategies such as these benefit all students and promote an inclusive environment. Students may miss class for various purposes or may have trouble paying attention in class for some reason but would still have access to information electronically. This strategy also would not require students before class to request accommodation and feel burdensome because they would have the same access to information as everyone else in the class …show more content…
One way costs can be minimized would be to utilize the professors already at Baylor, such as Dr. Ritter, to teach some of the classes in the program. Other professors could receive training in this field. As far as the building costs, some of these costs can be minimized by adding them to the current renovations happening on campus now. Also, implementing universal design now means the university would not have to pay for accommodations later. The small cost of implementing universal design and a disability studies program is far outweighed by the massive cost and loss of potential from excluding individuals from society and the
Students with different abilities such as being deaf or hard of hearing or having trouble seeing may be left out of class discussions or information presented in class. Using universal design, one way to increase accessibility to instructions and information would be giving them out over multiple modes of communication such as orally, written, and/or electronically (Colburn 8). This is but one of many strategies teachers can use in the classroom to make it more inclusive. Strategies such as these benefit all students and promote an inclusive environment. Students may miss class for various purposes or may have trouble paying attention in class for some reason but would still have access to information electronically. This strategy also would not require students before class to request accommodation and feel burdensome because they would have the same access to information as everyone else in the class …show more content…
One way costs can be minimized would be to utilize the professors already at Baylor, such as Dr. Ritter, to teach some of the classes in the program. Other professors could receive training in this field. As far as the building costs, some of these costs can be minimized by adding them to the current renovations happening on campus now. Also, implementing universal design now means the university would not have to pay for accommodations later. The small cost of implementing universal design and a disability studies program is far outweighed by the massive cost and loss of potential from excluding individuals from society and the