Recent dispatches from CanDARE
Posts are regularly added to the Praxis, Learning from Learners and Library sections of the CanDARE site. See all the latest posts here.
Digital Accessibility Literacy Skills: Reading, Writing, and Producing Accessible Media
Awkwardly Able
Teaching to Transgress
Hooks notion of engaged pedagogy builds on critical pedagogy of the oppressed theories by expressly discussing the politics of engaging…
Educators assume a learner who needs help finding a book can just ask the library. But getting help isn’t always that straightforward. (3 min read…
These experiences have been curated to offer diverse glimpses into how learners with disabilities experience inaccessibility in education. (10 min)
This brief paper offers insights into the lived experience of 10 learners from an Ontario university who self-identify as having “invisible” disabilities.
This study indicates few educators broach the subject on the first day of class when they review syllabi, policy and other course-structuring topics. It also…
This study illustrates assessment practices that can disable learners. Quotes from learners foreground their concerns with, and realities of, utilizing extra time accommodations.
This case study makes a unique contribution by delving into the ethics of digital accessibility testing in post-secondary education. It offers a Disability Justice informed,…
Very often, yes. With an untenable workload, educators have to prioritize. Those priorities can reflect both the ableist values of the institution and the precarity…
The ad hoc accommodations model renders learners an inconvenience. Typically, a learner is responsible for informing the educator at the start of term, if they…
The current academic accommodations model forces individual learners to prove they are eligible for academic accommodations. And yet, learners are the ones patching up the…