Disability and difference in higher education : case of accommodation at the University of Lethbridge

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dc.contributor.authorSpiric, Vanja
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMalacrida, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-20T17:06:08Z
dc.date.available2016-10-20T17:06:08Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractBuilding on scholarship in Disability Studies and Deaf Studies, this research explores the discourse of disability and deafness-related accommodations at the University of Lethbridge, by examining the university’s policies, website content, and archival material. In order to examine how disability and deafness are spoken of and constructed at this institution, this study employs Foucauldian theorizing on discourse. This research shows that accommodation-related policy embraces the view that disability is an individual problem, placed in the domain of the student’s personal responsibility. Furthermore, the analysis of the university’s documents indicates that, both historically and at present, a medical understanding of disability is the dominant but not the only understanding employed in the institutional design of accommodation-related practices. Finally, the policy and accompanying documents are formulated in ways that place the ‘normal,’ able-bodied student at the centre, thus representing disabled students and D/deaf students as an exception within the university’s population.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4620
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0626en_US
dc.proquest.subject0745en_US
dc.proquest.subject0534en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectaccommodationsen_US
dc.subjectdisability studiesen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjecthigher educationen_US
dc.titleDisability and difference in higher education : case of accommodation at the University of Lethbridgeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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