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Creating our own lives : college students with intellectual disability / edited by Michael Gill and Beth Myers.

Contributor(s): Gill, Michael Carl [editor] | Myers, Beth A [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 296 pages : illustrations (black and white), 22 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781517909727 (paperback); 1517909724 (paperback).Subject(s): College students with disabilities. -- Services -- United States | Intellectual disability | Learning disabled -- Education (Higher) -- United States | Inclusive education -- United States | Mentoring in education -- United StatesDDC classification: 371.9/0474
Contents:
Part 1. Laying the foundation: Why everyone belongs in college -- Part 2. Opening up possibilities: Overcoming doubt and uncertainty -- Part 3. Inclusion as action: Diversifying student experiences -- Part 4. Supporting growth: Peer Mentoring and support.
Subject: "How do students with intellectual disability experience higher education? Creating Our Own Lives addresses this question through the eyes of participants themselves, mounting a powerful challenge to assumptions that intellectual disability is best met with protection or segregation. Spanning topics that include belonging and inclusion, perseverance and triumph in the face of adversity, diversity of experience in inclusive higher education, and guidance for reimagining educational spaces, the essays expose and contradict the inherently ableist claim that individuals with intellectual disability cannot be reliable storytellers. Instead, their deeply informative stories serve as a corrective narrative. Students with disabilities belong in higher education. Not only does this book serve as an important record of students enrolled in inclusive higher education programs, it is also an unprecedented resource, packed with information and inspiration both for parents seeking opportunities for their children and for individuals with intellectual disability who aspire to attend college."-- Back cover
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Young adults with intellectual disability tell the story of their own experience of higher education

How do students with intellectual disability experience higher education? Creating Our Own Lives addresses this question through the eyes of participants themselves. In relating their experiences and aspirations, these student perspectives mount a powerful challenge to assumptions that intellectual disability is best met with protection or segregation.

Taken together, the essays expose and contradict the inherently ableist claim that individuals with intellectual disability cannot be reliable storytellers. Instead, their deeply informative stories serve as a corrective narrative. The first of the four sections, "Laying the Foundation: Why Everyone Belongs in College," focuses on belonging and inclusion; the second, "Opening Up Possibilities: Overcoming Doubt and Uncertainty," conveys the optimism of this generation of advocates through stories of personal hardship, hopeful perseverance, and triumph over adversity; the third, "Inclusion as Action: Diversifying Student Experiences," supports the understanding of diverse student experiences in inclusive higher education; and the fourth, "Supporting Growth: Peer Mentoring and Advice," offers guidance to those reimagining and creating educational spaces.

Students with disabilities belong in higher education. Not only does this book serve as an important record of students enrolled in inclusive higher education programs, it is also an unprecedented resource, packed with information and inspiration both for parents seeking opportunities for their children and for individuals with intellectual disability who aspire to attend college.

Contributors: Makayla Adkins, Olivia Baist, Brandon Baldwin, George Barham, Marquavious Barnes, Katie Bartlett, Steven Brief, De'Onte Brown, Meghan Brozaitis, Mary Bryant, Gracie Carrol, Taylor Cathey, Maia Chamberlain, Antonio E. Contreras, Kim Dean, Elizabeth Droessler, Katie Ducett, Keiron Dyck, Rachel Gomez, Deriq Graves, Micah Gray, Maggie Guillaume, Cleo Hamilton, Nathan Heald, Joshua R. Hourigan, Hannah Lenae Humes, Courtney Jorgensen, Eilish Kelderman, Kailin Kelderman, Kenneth Kelty, Kaelan Knowles, Karlee Lambert, Kate Lisotta, Rachel Mast, Elise McDaniel, Emma Miller, Jake Miller, Lydia Newnum, Brenna Mantz Nielsen, Carly O'Connell, Nadia Osbey, Stirling Peebles, Breyan Pettaway, Amanda Pilkenton, True Rafferty, Taylor Ruppe, Lawrence Sapp, Tyler Shore, Brianna Silva, Alex Smith, Elliott Smith, Phillandra Smith, Payton Storms, Allen Thomas, Kylie Walter, Stephen Wanser, Sayid Webb, Breana Whittlesey, Luke Wilcox, Adam Wolfond.

Contributors: Makayla Adkins, Olivia Baist, Brandon Baldwin, George Barham, Marquavious Barnes, Katie Bartlett, Steven Brief, De'Onte Brown, Meghan Brozaitis, Mary Bryant, Gracie Carrol, Taylor Cathey, Maia Chamberlain, Antonio E. Contreras, Kim Dean, Elizabeth Droessler, Katie Ducett, Keiron Dyck, Rachel Gomez, Deriq Graves, Micah Gray, Maggie Guillaume, Cleo Hamilton, Nathan Heald, Joshua R. Hourigan, Hannah Lenae Humes, Courtney Jorgensen, Eilish Kelderman, Kailin Kelderman, Kenneth Kelty, Kaelan Knowles, Karlee Lambert, Kate Lisotta, Rachel Mast, Elise McDaniel, Emma Miller, Jake Miller, Lydia Newnum, Brenna Mantz Nielsen, Carly O'Connell, Nadia Osbey, Stirling Peebles, Breyan Pettaway, Amanda Pilkenton, True Rafferty, Taylor Ruppe, Lawrence Sapp, Tyler Shore, Brianna Silva, Alex Smith, Elliott Smith, Phillandra Smith, Payton Storms, Allen Thomas, Kylie Walter, Stephen Wanser, Sayid Webb, Breana Whittlesey, Luke Wilcox, Adam Wolfond.

Part 1. Laying the foundation: Why everyone belongs in college -- Part 2. Opening up possibilities: Overcoming doubt and uncertainty -- Part 3. Inclusion as action: Diversifying student experiences -- Part 4. Supporting growth: Peer Mentoring and support.

"How do students with intellectual disability experience higher education? Creating Our Own Lives addresses this question through the eyes of participants themselves, mounting a powerful challenge to assumptions that intellectual disability is best met with protection or segregation. Spanning topics that include belonging and inclusion, perseverance and triumph in the face of adversity, diversity of experience in inclusive higher education, and guidance for reimagining educational spaces, the essays expose and contradict the inherently ableist claim that individuals with intellectual disability cannot be reliable storytellers. Instead, their deeply informative stories serve as a corrective narrative. Students with disabilities belong in higher education. Not only does this book serve as an important record of students enrolled in inclusive higher education programs, it is also an unprecedented resource, packed with information and inspiration both for parents seeking opportunities for their children and for individuals with intellectual disability who aspire to attend college."-- Back cover

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction: Recognizing Student Voice in Inclusive Higher Education (xi)
  • Part I Laying the Foundation: Why Everyone Belongs in College (1)
  • 1 I Want to Go to College (3)
  • 2 I Got In (10)
  • 3 Adventures in Postsecondary Education (11)
  • 4 A Language to Open (18)
  • 5 "The Wanderer" and "This Is What I Sing" (25)
  • 6 My History of the Excel Program (28)
  • 7 Taking the Llama for a Walk and Other Things That Helped Us (32)
  • Part II Opening Up Possibilities: Overcoming Doubt and Uncertainty (51)
  • 8 Being Independent Has Risks: How to Recover When Something Terrible Happens (53)
  • 9 Spartan Kid: Journeys (68)
  • 10 Best Experiences at IDEAL (79)
  • 11 Two Poems (83)
  • 12 Goal(s) in Common (84)
  • 13 I Did What They Said I Couldn't (87)
  • 14 Climbing Higher and "From Mission Impossible to Mission Possible" (89)
  • 15 Inclusive College on Zoom? My Inclusive Higher Education 2020 Experience (91)
  • 16 Inclusive College for All and How My Perception of My History Prof Changed (97)
  • 17 Qua's GT Excel Life and "Never Give Up" (101)
  • 18 Photo Essays and Selections from Student Leadership Conference 2019 (104)
  • Part III Inclusion as Action: Diversifying Student Experiences (115)
  • 19 Hi, I'm Jake Miller (117)
  • 20 "BGWYN" and "Confidence with Curves" (129)
  • 21 Inclusive College Education (132)
  • 22 My UC Perspective (136)
  • 23 Phoenix Nation as in Spirit (139)
  • 24 My Excel Story (144)
  • 25 #CreatingMyOwnLife (146)
  • 26 Inclusive College Education (150)
  • 27 My Story about Aggies Elevated at Utah State University (153)
  • 28 Questions and Answers (157)
  • 29 College Memories but Ready for What's Next (162)
  • 30 Full Year of College (166)
  • 31 My Favorite Memories in College (170)
  • Part IV Supporting Growth: Peer Mentoring and Support (173)
  • 32 Communicating Successfully in College (175)
  • 33 True Rafferty Interviewed (177)
  • 34 College Program Experience (183)
  • 35 Teaching, Assisting, Reflecting: Our Experience Working Together (185)
  • 36 My Georgia Tech Excel Story (195)
  • 37 Emma's Journey (202)
  • 38 Come Read about My Awesome Journeys through Life (205)
  • 39 My Social Experience throughout Georgia Tech (207)
  • 40 The Importance of Goals (210)
  • 41 Support and Encouragement for the Ones Who Seek It (215)
  • Coda: Why This Collection? (219)
  • Acknowledgments (225)
  • Contributors (227)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Beth Myers is Lawrence B. Taishoff Professor of Inclusive Education at Syracuse University.