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ASHEHigherEducationReport:Volume39,Number5 KellyWard,LisaE.Wolf-Wendel,SeriesEditors Allies for Inclusion: Disability and Equity in Higher Education Karen A. Myers Jaci Jenkins Lindburg Danielle M. Nied AlliesforInclusion:DisabilityandEquityinHigherEducation KarenA.Myers,JaciJenkinsLindburg,DanielleM.Nied ASHEHigherEducationReport:Volume39,Number5 KellyWard,LisaE.Wolf-Wendel,SeriesEditors Copyright C⃝ 2013WileyPeriodicals,Inc.,AWileyCompany.Allrightsreserved. Reproductionortranslationofanypartofthisworkbeyondthatpermittedby Section107or108ofthe1976UnitedStatesCopyrightActwithoutpermissionof thecopyrightownerisunlawful.Requestsforpermissionorfurtherinformation shouldbeaddressedtothePermissionsDepartment,c/oJohnWiley&Sons, Inc.,111RiverSt.,Hoboken,NJ07030;(201)748-8789,fax(201)748-6326, www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Coverimageby C⃝ desuzacommunications/iStockphoto. Correction:Therewasanerrorinthecoverimagecreditlinefor39:4.Thecover shouldhavebeenattributedto C⃝ ElaKwasniewski/iStockphoto. ISSN1551-6970electronic ISSN1554-6306 ISBN978-1-1188-0275-5 TheASHEHigherEducationReportispartoftheJossey-BassHigherandAdult EducationSeriesandispublishedsixtimesayearbyWileySubscriptionServices, Inc.,AWileyCompany,atJossey-Bass,OneMontgomeryStreet,Suite1200,San Francisco,California94104-4594. Individualsubscriptionrate(inUSD):$174peryearUS/Can/Mex,$210restof world;institutionalsubscriptionrate:$327US,$387Can/Mex,$438restofworld. Singlecopyrate:$29.Electroniconly–allregions:$174individual,$327 institutional;Print&Electronic–US:$192individual,$376institutional;Print& Electronic–Canada/Mexico:$192individual,$436institutional;Print& Electronic–RestofWorld:$228individual,$487institutional.SeetheBack Issue/SubscriptionOrderForminthebackofthisvolume. CALLFORPROPOSALS:Prospectiveauthorsarestronglyencouragedtocontact KellyWard([email protected])orLisaE.Wolf-Wendel([email protected]).See“About theASHEHigherEducationReportSeries”inthebackofthisvolume. VisittheJossey-BassWebsiteatwww.josseybass.com. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaonacid-freerecycledpaper. TheASHEHigherEducationReportisindexedinCIJE:CurrentIndexto JournalsinEducation(ERIC),EducationIndex/Abstracts(H.W.Wilson),ERIC Database(EducationResourcesInformationCenter),HigherEducationAbstracts (ClaremontGraduateUniversity),IBR&IBZ:InternationalBibliographiesof PeriodicalLiterature(K.G.Saur),andResourcesinEducation(ERIC). Advisory Board TheASHEHigherEducationReportSeriesissponsoredbytheAssocia- tionfortheStudyofHigherEducation(ASHE),whichprovidesaneditorial advisoryboardofASHEmembers. BenBaez KevinKinser FloridaInternationalUniversity SUNY–Albany AmyBergerson DinaMaramba UniversityofUtah BinghamtonUniversity EdnaChun RobertPalmer UniversityofNorthCarolina BinghamtonUniversity Greensboro BarbaraTobolowsky SusanK.Gardner UniversityofTexasatArlington UniversityofMaine SusanTwombly MaryBethGasman UniversityofKansas UniversityofPennsylvania KarriHolley MarybethWalpole UniversityofAlabama RowanUniversity AdriannaKezar RachelleWinkle-Wagner UniversityofSouthernCalifornia UniversityofNebraska–Lincoln AlliesForInclusion iii Contents ExecutiveSummary ix Foreword xiii Acknowledgments xvii TheFutureofEquityandInclusion:CreatingMeaningful Change 1 DisabilityDefined:WhatDoesItMean? 6 OverviewoftheMonograph 8 AHistoricalOverviewoftheDisabilityMovement 13 KeyDefinitionsandEarlyPolicies 13 GroundbreakingLegislation:TheRehabilitationActandADA 16 DiscussionofKeyCourtCases 21 Conclusion 28 DisabilityofCollegeCampuses:AnOverview 31 DisabilityinHigherEducation:WhatIsIt? 32 CollegeStudentsWithDisabilities:WhoAreThey? 35 CollegeStudentsWithDisabilities:WhatAreTheySaying? 38 PerceptionsandPreferencesofStudentsandEmployeesWith Disabilities 41 DisabilityServicesinHigherEducation:WhatIsProvided? 43 StudentsWithDisabilities:ASharedResponsibility 46 Conclusion 48 AlliesforInclusion v UnderstandingCampusComplexity:Problems,Challenges,and Marginalization 49 ModelsofDisability 50 MajorStudentDevelopmentTheoriesRelatedtoDisability 55 AttitudesTowardDisability 59 DisabilityServicesonCampus 63 StudentVeteransWithDisabilities 65 Conclusion 66 IncreasingAwareness:Allies,Advocacy,andtheCampus Community 69 DefiningAlly 70 Membership 72 AlliesFromMajorityIdentities 73 AlliesWithinCommunity 74 TheoriesofAllyDevelopment 75 Praxis 80 CommunityofAllies 82 AlliesforDisability:AParadigmforSupport 82 Conclusion 84 IncreasingAwareness:Language,CommunicationStrategies, andUniversallyDesignedEnvironments 85 LanguageofDisability 86 CommunicationStrategies 89 CommunicationTips 90 UniversallyDesignedEnvironments 93 UniversalDesign 93 UniversalInstructionalDesign 94 UniversalDesignforStudentDevelopment 96 Conclusion 98 TheNewMovementinDisabilityEducationandAdvocacy 101 ANewVisionforDisability 101 vi EducationCurriculum 104 InclusionInitiatives 104 TheNewLookofDisability 106 APersonalCalltoAction 106 AGlobalCalltoAction 107 References 109 NameIndex 121 SubjectIndex 125 AbouttheAuthors 131 AlliesforInclusion vii

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Here is an overview of students with disabilities in postsecondary institutions and the importance of allies in their lives. It is a call to action for faculty, staff, and administrators in all facets of higher education, and emphasizes the shared responsibility toward students with disabilities and
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