Academic Ableism and its Alternatives

In Canada, the majority of students with disabilities are not disclosing these disabilities or seeking accommodations. So how can we build more accessible classrooms and campuses, understanding disability as an identity and culture beyond the accommodations model?

Join us online Wednesday, May 28 at 9 a.m. PDT to hear a special presentation from the University of Waterloo's Department of English Chair Dr. Jay Dolmage. Please bring your ideas, questions, challenges and experiences. This event is free and everyone is welcome.

Dr. Jay Dolmage

Dr. Jay Dolmage is committed to disability rights and disability justice in his scholarship, service and teaching. His work brings together rhetoric, writing, disability studies and critical pedagogy. His first book, entitled Disability Rhetoric, was published with Syracuse University Press in 2014. Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education was published with Michigan University Press in 2017 and is available in an open-access version online. Disabled Upon Arrival: Eugenics, Immigration, and the Construction of Race and Disability was published in 2018 with Ohio State University Press. He is the Founding Editor of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.