It's the room, not the learner
Educational ableism shows up in small phrases and big policies. Six things to unlearn:
1. 'Inspirational' for ordinary tasks done by disabled people. 2. Designing for 'normal' learners and 'adjusting' for everyone else. 3. Asking disabled learners to disclose to access a basic right. 4. Speaking ABOUT a disabled person to their carer rather than to them. 5. Surprise ice-breakers requiring physical actions. 6. Treating accommodations as favours, not rights.
The social model of disability — adopted by the UN CRPD — locates barriers in environments, not people.
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