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Wilson, James C. – Technical Communication Quarterly, 2000
Describes how disability studies can be used in a medical and science writing class to critically examine the assumptions of scientific discourse. Discusses how disability studies draws on feminist, postmodern, and post-colonial theory and extends their critiques to the medicalization of disability. Discusses sample disability-related classroom…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education