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Join us for a session at the 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention

“Past the Law: Moving from Legal to Just in Disability Accommodations”

Thursday, March 16, 12:15-1:30 p.m.

See your #4C17 convention guide for location

Chair: Brenda Brueggemann

Presenters:

Rhea Kennedy

Sushil Oswal

Tonya Stemlau

Description:

Much of the discussion about accommodations to give disabled people access focuses on legal requirements set by laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act. The speakers on this panel will argue that passing laws such as the ADA is not enough; equity and social justice require rhetorics and action that move past the law. Advocacy that fails to move beyond old rhetorics of disability as deficit, of accommodations as an add-on obligation, will fail to achieve social justice; this panel will provide examples of a new rhetoric that focuses on advocacy over obligation and question the ableist discourses of accommodations because these relatively recent bureaucratic disability service discourses, not unlike their predecessors—medical and rehab discourses—are  becoming ipso facto knowledge-bearers of disabled bodies in the academy.

Here’s an example of the Week 3 assignment for ENG 360. This one is an analysis of tweets from two DC City Council reps during the 2016 election year. 

To start off your own assignment, add an intro to the analysis you’re about to provide.

Thrilled to join @WhittierECSTEM this AM for the #FirstWeekofSchool! Proudly supporting #Ward4 students & educators! pic.twitter.com/SBRAKAHKzs

— Brandon T. Todd (@CMBrandonTodd) August 24, 2016

[^ I embedded this tweet. If you don’t know how to embed, you can screenshot and add a link to the original tweet ^]

In this tweet, Ward 4 city council rep Brandon Todd shares several images of himself with constituents in the first week of school. There are four images total, including one with a child and parent or guardian; two with just children; and one with what appears to be a teacher or school administrator.

I think Todd is keeping in mind the diversity of the ward he represents and, specifically, the audience that would be following him on Twitter. He selected a STEM-focused school, and made his layout balanced both visually and conceptually. [FURTHER ANALYSIS, USING THIS WEEK’S READING, WOULD GO HERE]

Happy #NationalDogDay from Louie (a @CapitolCanines alumnus) who joined us at the 50th Palisades 4th of July parade! pic.twitter.com/EhOEXqrX5I

— Mary M. Cheh (@marycheh) August 26, 2016

Here, rep Mary Cheh tweets in honor of National Dog Day. She shows one photo of a dog-owning constituent wearing a Mary Cheh T-shirt and other shot of just a pooch.

I think Che’s intended audience was the thousands of dog lovers and dog owners in DC. [INSERT MORE ANALYSIS HERE]

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Last year, I had a lesson in writing as a woman. I want to share it today, in a pre-Mother’s Day post.

The lesson started at a reading by Mary Gordon, an author I’d known in my childhood. To me, Mary was my friend’s mom. It wasn’t until years later that I learned how most people identify her: As a famous writer of novel and memoir, a professor of writing at a prestigious New York school.

When the Q and A commenced, I popped up to the mic and asked Ms. Gordon, essentially, how she did it all. How was she the parent who fed us dinner and a creative force to boot? How could she embody both mother and writer? Continue reading →

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1utHkSnaOSjeXsjuEysZ6ho8WYBB7CPNre3VOaoz2PH4/edit?usp=sharing