ERIC Number: EJ1460384
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
EISSN: EISSN-1548-1492
Available Date: 2024-07-29
Illustrating the Experiences of Students with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education: Comics-Based Representation of Fieldwork Findings
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v56 n1 e12524 2025
Comics-based /arts-based research is increasingly employed in anthropology and other social science disciplines. As part of my ongoing doctoral research on the experiences of young adults with learning disabilities in India, I have engaged in researcher-produced drawings/comics to depict my fieldwork findings. In this paper, I present three single-panel comics that illustrate experiences of "the invisibility of learning disability," "ableism in classrooms," and "negotiating the disability identity." I then present three corresponding counter-comics with alternative visualizations to depict inclusive practices in higher education. Through these, I aim to demonstrate the utility of comics in research and their potential in disability advocacy and pedagogy.
Descriptors: Student Experience, Illustrations, Cartoons, Learning Disabilities, Literary Devices, Students with Disabilities, Higher Education, Educational Anthropology, Young Adults, Indians, Foreign Countries, Visual Aids, Inclusion, Advocacy, Researchers, Art, Research Methodology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India