Description
Book SynopsisHigher Education presents significant challenges for disabled faculty. This book highlights the structural barriers that create challenges for faculty and demonstrates ways in which we can improve on current practice. Staff face a competitive environment which is increasingly characterised by long working hours and the use of standardised metrics to monitor and evaluate performance. The author underlines this issue as well as covering a range of subjects including the stigma associated with disability, workplace discrimination, the decision to disclose a disability, and access to workplace accommodations.
The book:
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Amplifies the voices and experiences of disabled faculty
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Examines the representation of disability and how this affects both disabled and non-disabled audiences
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Provides a range of personal accounts of visible and invisible disabilities by those working in Higher Education
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Argues for changes
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Representing Disability
Chapter 2: Stigma and Discrimination
Chapter 3: Academic Culture and Context
Chapter 4: Invisible Disabilities and the Decision to Disclose
Chapter 5: Experiences of Disabled Academics
Chapter 6: Perceptions of Disabled Academics and Disability
Chapter 7: Advice and Guidance
