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Strengths and limitations of Ontario post-secondary education accessibility plans: a review of one university accessibility plan.

Authors :
Opini, Bathseba M.
Source :
International Journal of Inclusive Education; Mar2008, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p127-149, 23p, 1 Chart
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

This paper examines the strengths and limitations of the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA) accessibility plan prepared by one post-secondary education institution in Ontario, Canada, during the 2004/05 academic year. The paper focuses on ways the intersectionality between disability and gender is not voiced in the plan and its implications for female students with disabilities in post-secondary educational institutions. It is argued that future accessibility plans need to pay attention to these intersections and, therefore, frame their initiatives in a manner that would address systemic sexism and inequitable power relations that serve to marginalize persons with disabilities, particularly women, hence rendering them marginal in post-secondary educational contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13603116
Volume :
12
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
International Journal of Inclusive Education
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31028868
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/13603110600790514