Who Decides?

Catherine O'Brien, Gallaudet UniversityWilliam R. Black, University of South FloridaArnold B. Danzig, San José State University

• Section I: Introduction.Introduction; Catherine O'Brien, William R. Black, Arnold B. Danzig, and Adam Rea.Section II. Leadership And Dis/ability: Ontology, Epistemology, And Intersectionalities.Chapter 1. Red Is the Most Beautiful Color: Reflections From a Nonspeaking Autistic Educator of Nonspeaking Autistic Students; Marrok Sedgwick.Chapter 2. Ability and Belonging: Contested Ontology and Epistemology That Shape School Practice; Joshua Bornstein and Holly Manaseri.Chapter 3. On Being Annoying: Neurodivergence and Mood Disorders as a Black Face in a White Space; JPB Gerald.Chapter 4. Decision-Making in the Era of Postmodern Audism: Examining the Colonizing Normate; S. J. Wright, Gloshanda Lawyer, and E. H. Bart IV.Chapter 5. Shedding Light on Disability and Race in a North American Linguistic Minority Context: A DisCrit Analysis of Special Education in Quebec; Tya Collins, Corina Borri-Anadon, and Marie-Odile Magnan.Section III. Educational Leaders And Disability: Policies In Practice.Chapter 6. Special Education Services: Historical Underpinnings for Educational Administrators; Nikki L. Murdick and Jo Nell Wood.Chapter 7. What Is in an IEP? A Special Education Teacher's Reflection on IEP Narratives and Practices; Eleanor X. Mehta.Chapter 8. Leadership, Equity, and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act; Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides.Chapter 9. Latinx Families and Disability: The Intersections of Identity, Experiences, and Siblinghood; Denia G. Bradshaw.Chapter 10. Multitiered Pedagogies of Pathologization: Disability, Race, and Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports in a Diverse Elementary School; Irene H. Yoon.Chapter 11. Reimagining Early Education Leadership: Spiritual-Based Leadership Meets Democratic Experimentalism; Angela Passero Jones and Roderick Jones.Chapter 12. Seeing the Able: Disability Through the Eyes of a Younger Sister; Molly Greer.Chapter 13. Stuck in a Poor Post-School Outcomes Loop for Students With Significant Disabilities: What We Can Learn From Arizona; Erica S. McFadden and Julie Whitaker.Section IV. Experience And Power In Schools.Chapter 14. In Our Own Words: Special Education Teachers of Color With Dis/Abilities; Saili S. Kulkarni, Samuel Bland, and Joanna Marinia Gaeta.Chapter 15. Who Decides? Teachers With Disabilities and the Role of School Administrators; Michelle L. Damiani.Chapter 16. Experiences of Disability in One Canadian Faculty of Education: Recognition and Resourcing as a Social Justice Response to Supporting Students Living With Disabilities; Melissa Brideau and Pam Bishop.Chapter 17. Climbing the Mountain: Power, Privilege, and Equity; Natalie Delgado, Ashley Greene, Gloshanda Lawyer, and Abdullah Alofi.Chapter 18. Rolling My Way Into Leadership: Perspectives From an Educator With Cerebral Palsy; Sofia Vergara.Chapter 19. Disabled Students in College-Going Cultures: Positing Frameworks for a College-for-All Culture; Robert Cooper and Brande M. Otis.Section V. Advocacy, Leverage, And The Preparation Of School Leaders.Chapter 20. Power and Partnerships: Families, Educators, and Implications for School Leaders; Christine L. Hancock.Chapter 21. Engaging Sebastian: Advocating for the Inclusion of a High School English Language Learner Labeled With an Intellectual Disability; Sarah R. Semon.Chapter 22. They Decide: Empowering Transition-Age Youth With Disabilities by Promoting Self-Determination; Andrew R. Scheef, Julia Mahfouz, and Mayumi Hagiwara.Chapter 23. Journey of Self-Determination for a Woman With Epilepsy; Bridget Green.Chapter 24. Leadership for Inclusive Education in Brazil: Potential Contribution of Disability Studies to the Training of School Leaders; Cynthia Paes de Carvalho, Flávia Pedrosa de Camargo, and Mônica de Carvalho Magalhães Kassar.Chapter 25. Remembering What Matters Most: A Framework to Build Social Justice Leaders and Transform Schools Into Inclusive Spaces; Georgina E. Wilson and Regina R. Umpstead.Chapter 26. Uncovering District and Campus Leaders' Practices Around Special Education: Preparing Aspiring Leaders to Advocate for and Address the Needs of Special Education Students and Stakeholders; Irma L. Almager and Fernando Valle.Section VI. Afterword.Chapter 27. Afterword: Scratch a Theory and Find a Personal Story: Navigating Dis/Abilities at Home; School, and Work, Arnold B. Danzig, William R. Black, and Catherine O'Brien.About the Editors.About the Contributors.