Why Can't I Follow My Dreams?: Inclusion of an Ability-Driven Individual

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Author(s): Jessica Vierra (California State University, San Bernardino, USA)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 16
Source title: Rethinking Perception and Centering the Voices of Unique Individuals: Reframing Autism Inclusion in Praxis
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jessica Block Nerren (California State University, San Bernardino, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5103-8.ch010

Keywords: Education / Information Science Reference / Special Education / Teacher Education

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Individuals with a disability are one of the largest minority groups today; however, their inclusion in our society is absent, systematically. As society progresses, the attempt to be inclusive becomes stronger; however, there is still a gap in growth to where society should be. For this reason, this chapter describes the benefit of utilizing the term ability rather than disability, while continuing to utilize person first terminology. This effort is a leap—meant to empower individuals with abilities and understand their potential as a member of the general population. Through this research, an individual will understand the stigma associated with the word disability, the effects of the stigma associated with the term disabled on our society as a system within education and the workforce, understand arguments against the use of the term ability, and future considerations future researchers should be investigated in further analysis.

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