| The Question of Access: Disability, Space, Meaning Contributor(s): Titchkosky, Tanya (Author) |
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ISBN: 144261000X ISBN-13: 9781442610002 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Education | Higher - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 371.904 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged - Locality - Toronto, Ontario - Geographic Orientation - Ontario - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Values such as 'access' and 'inclusion' are unquestioned in the contemporary educational landscape. But many methods of addressing these issues -- installing signs, ramps, and accessible washrooms -- frame disability only as a problem to be 'fixed.' The Question of Access investigates the social meanings of access in contemporary university life from the perspective of Cultural Disability Studies. Through narratives of struggle and analyses of policy and everyday practices, Tanya Titchkosky shows how interpretations of access reproduce conceptions of who belongs, where and when. Titchkosky examines how the bureaucratization of access issues has affected understandings of our lives together in social space. Representing 'access' as a beginning point for how disability can be rethought, rather than as a mere synonym for justice, The Question of Access allows readers to critically question their own implicit conceptions of disability, non-disability, and access. |
Contributor Bio(s): Titchkosky, Tanya: - Tanya Titchkosky is an associate professor and an associate department chair at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. |