Eliminating Ableism in Education is a piece written by author Thomas Hehir. This piece goes over the aspects of ableism in schools and the negative effects it has on people with disabilities. He starts the piece by giving a specific example of a mother and her own experiences with a child with a disability in the school systems. Extended Comments: After reading a few blogs one quote used by Kate in her blog really stood out to me. It was her first quote, "Disability only becomes a tragedy for me when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives - job opportunities or barrier free buildings" (Hehir 2). I really liked the use of this quote as it best shows that disabilities should not be a defecate to the person who has it but can be due to society doing nothing to help these people in the first place. This quote also connects to Power and Privilege by Alan Johnson. The people in power, or society, aren't using the power and privilege they have in their lives to help them and see them as nothing more than a tragedy. In a similar way Kate’s second quote also connects back to people in power such as educators not using the privilege they have to help. Author Hehir writes, "The pervasiveness of ableist assumptions in the education of these children not only reinforces prevailing prejudices against disability but may very well contribute to low levels of educational attainment and employment" (Hehir 4).
Here is an article addressing ableism in schools by the Oregon Department of Education.
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