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ERIC Number: EJ1266616
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1034-912X
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Disablism in Saudi Mainstream Schools: Disabled Teachers' Experiences and Perspectives
Aldakhil, Ali
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v67 n5 p536-546 2020
This paper explores the many faces of the barriers and exclusionary attitudes and practices that disabled teachers and students experience in a school where they teach or attend. Critical disability studies and inclusive education theory were used to conceptualise this inquiry and ground it in the literature. These theories were used because they magnify and expose the problems of disability/disablism as within-society instead of within-individual. Similarly, disability-first language was used in this study because it seeks to expose the social oppression and discrimination of disabled people. Data were generated through conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with six disabled teachers who teach disabled children in a Saudi mainstream school. Thematic analysis of data concludes that the school is fettered by disabling barriers, attitudes and practices, which may be indicative of a dominant culture of disablism in the Saudi society. This leads to the conclusion that overall deconstruction and reformation of Saudi mainstream schools are needed, including non-disabled people's attitudes, policy, spaces, and overall arrangements of teaching and learning.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia
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