This paper explores the strategies that disabled educators use to sustain their own disability identities and support disabled and nondisabled youth. Findings from semi-structured interviews suggest that despite ongoing ableism disabled educators leverage their understanding of the social, cultural, and medical aspects of disability in non-stigmatizing teaching practices.
This study examines how 27 teacher candidates navigate and reflect on a clinical simulation that surfaces misconceptions whether children with disabilities can and should be bilingual. Preliminary findings of the simulations and written reflections suggest candidates generally challenged deficit language ideologies and encouraged families to continue using home languages.
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