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Help students with disabilities develop a positive identity
Author(s) -
Hope Joan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.31125
Subject(s) - identity (music) , state (computer science) , civil rights , focus (optics) , sociology , political science , public relations , psychology , medical education , gender studies , law , medicine , computer science , art , aesthetics , physics , optics , algorithm
Most discussions higher education professionals have about disability focus on accommodations and what legal requirements must be met, said Michelle Heinig Resnick, Director of Disability Accommodations and Support Services at California State University, Channel Islands. Only recently, the discussions have begun to more often include disability rights as civil rights and disability as part of identity, she added.