Not only does that message put the burden of access on the student, it also positions the accommodations talk as a moment to wean students off their accommodations. Such images are common in disability representations: the individual with a disability is presented as the "problem" and the simple resolution is that they "overcome" the disability. In other words, just make it go away, like magic!
Why We Dread Disability Myths - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views
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he most important voices we need to be listening to are the students themselves instead of "speaking for, through, and about" them.
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disregards the significance of accommodations and perpetuates the attitude that the burden of access is something individual students can carry on their own — with just a little bit of elbow grease.
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