Negotiating Identities, Negotiating Environments: An interpretation of the experiences of students with disabilities
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Disability & Society
- Vol. 11 (2) , 235-248
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599650023254
Abstract
This paper explores the experiences of nine students with disabilities pursuing degrees at a large Canadian university. An ethnographic approach was followed using face-to-face, unstructured interviews and a focus group to generate data. The analysis focuses on how these students negotiate disabled and non-disabled identities while negotiating the physical environment of the university campus. I argue that these negotiatory processes are necessarily interconnected and inherently contradictory.Keywords
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