Urban educators, disability studies and education: excavations in schools and society

Abstract

This paper describes early efforts underway at City College, New York, to introduce a disability studies content into an otherwise traditional special education programme. The paper draws on previously funded research projects that merged humanities‐based disability studies in education, prior teaching experiences and excerpts from the writing of City College Master’s students in special and general education.

Acknowledgement

The paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Colloquium on Inclusive Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, July 2004.

Notes

1. Oasis, 2002, dir. Chang‐dong, Lee; The Sea Inside, 2004 writer/director, Amenabar, Alejandro. The Keys to the House, Le Chiavi di casa, writer/director, Amelio, Gianni, 2004.

2. Both syllabi can be found at http://www.ccny.cuny.edu. However, this discussion will consider only those texts accessed in the 2004 Spring and Fall semesters in New York City.

3. Kim S., Disability and Identity.

4. Kelly S., Severe disabilities, Fall 2004.

5. Mihailo S., Severe Disabilities.