Recognising Disability in Higher Education

Inger Marie Lid, Professor of public health and rehabilitation with a focus on interdisciplinary disability research, citizenship studies and universal design at VID Specialized University, Norway.

• PrefaceChapter 1 Recognising disability in higher educationChapter 2 The significance of recognitionChapter 3 Institutional responsibilitiesChapter 4 Misrecognition and ableismChapter 5 Contextualising access: Universal design and individual accommodationChapter 6 A culture of recognitionChapter 7 Building knowledge for societyPostscript Looking back, thinking of the future

A timely and clear-minded view of the politics of inclusion in higher education.Jan Grue, Professor of Sociology, University of OsloIn this cogent, accessible book, Lid reminds us of the importance of thinking about and supporting access to higher education for disabled people as a human right. She draws on the CRPD and rich anecdotal evidence to contemplate the individual, local, and global implications of legislative enactments and personal and institutional efforts to make higher education institutions more accessible. This book should be necessary reading for advocates and students and scholars alike.Michael Rembis, Director of the Center for Disability Studies at the University at Buffalo and author of Writing Mad Lives in the Age of the AsylumIn this book, Inger Marie Lid, a professor living with disabilities, examines the realities and experiences of disability in higher education institutions in Norway and beyond, offering a personal perspective. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is used critically to help readers understand the relational nature of disability. The book is useful for understanding our reality.Hisayo Katsui, Professor in Disability Studies, President of the Nordic Network on Disability Research