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CRITICAL READING #2: Disability Critical Race Theory

CRITICAL READING #2: Disability Critical Race Theory   Dis/ability critical race studies: What resonated with me from this reading was how prominent the relationship and intersectionality between race and dis/ability is in society. I am well aware of how racism is (sad to say) an integral part of this country. Given this knowledge, I must admit that I was still shocked and initially baffled on how being a person of color is equated to someone who has a dis/ability. How being non-dominant racial, ethnic, and linguistic continue to be referred, labeled and placed in special education, particularly in the categories of LD, Intellectual Disability, and Emotional Disturbance or Behavior Disorders.   In the introduction, it was discussed how throughout history, some people were trying to prove individuals of African descent possessed limited intelligence and were therefor not quite fully human. Just writing this down mak...

FIELD POST #1: YARI Project Partners Convening

FIELD POST #1: YARI Project Partners Convening   Meeting the people behind the YARI project and getting to know all the kids who are part of this endeavor for the very first time has been one of the highlights of my YDEV MA program experience (by far). Everything that I've felt, learned and experienced from this meeting can be summed up into 3 stages.   Stage 1: Nervous and Uncertain From the day I agreed to be a part of this project, I had the general understanding of what it is all about and in a way, what was required of me. However, I never really knew the specific details on how it is going to go about -- none of us did (I think). Days leading up to this meeting, all I remember was having that feeling of uncertainty in terms of what is going to happen. Nervousness hit me when I remembered/ realized that this is a year-long endeavor and its not like a regular course wherein I get a grade and...