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Re‐Imagining Inclusion Through the Lens of Disabled Childhoods
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Abstract The purpose of this article is to contribute new insights to critical disability and disabled children’s childhood studies that center on the valuing of disabled children’s lives—a guiding purpose in the disability justice movement. We use published findings from the Inclusive Early Childhood Servic... view more
The purpose of this article is to contribute new insights to critical disability and disabled children’s childhood studies that center on the valuing of disabled children’s lives—a guiding purpose in the disability justice movement. We use published findings from the Inclusive Early Childhood Service System project, a longitudinal, institutional ethnography of the ways that families and children are organized around categories of disability, which show social inclusions and exclusions before and during the pandemic. These findings illuminate: (a) institutional flexibility for the purpose of social inclusion and isolation during the pandemic as a result of institutional organization; (b) the impact of institutional decisions around closures, remote programs, and support on families’ choices and self‐determination; and (3) the ways safety is differently applied and rationalized for disabled children allowing institutions to exclude disabled children and families. We use critical disability studies and disabled children’s childhood studies to interpret these findings and position the valuing of disabled children’s lives with a call for disability justice actions.... view less
Keywords
disability; child; exclusion; social inequality; epidemic; childhood; inclusion; handicapped assistance; family situation; disability studies
Classification
Social Problems
Social Policy
Free Keywords
critical disability studies; disability justice; disabled children’s childhood studies; pandemic; social exclusion
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 48-59
Journal
Social Inclusion, 11 (2023) 1
Issue topic
Disability and Social Inclusion: Lessons From the Pandemic
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed