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View Our Catalog | Enhancing Diversity
“This is a unique, timely, and relevant book that addresses
the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of persons with disabilities who
seek and achieve entry into professional life as educators. The
contributors examine the importance of support services, the critical
barriers to successful performance, and conclude by recommending actions
that, if implemented, have the potential to facilitate entry into the
field of education and create more and better opportunities for persons
with disabilities.” --From the Foreword by Robert R. Davila, Vice President,
National Technical Institute for the Deaf The 43 million people with disabilities form this country’s largest minority group, yet they are markedly under-employed as educators. Enhancing Diversity: Educators with Disabilities paves the way for correcting this costly omission. Editors Anderson, Karp, and Keller have called upon the knowledge of 19 other renowned contributors to address the important issues raised in Enhancing Diversity, including the place of disability in discussions of diversity in education, research on educators with disabilities that validates their capabilities, and information on the qualifications desired in and the demands made of education professionals. Legal precedents are cited and explained, and examples of efforts to place disabled educators are presented, along with recommendations on how disabled individuals and school administrators can work toward increased opportunities. Interviews with 25 disabled educators discussing how they satisfactorily fulfill their professional requirements completes this thoughtful-provoking book. Ronald J. Anderson is Associate Professor of Special Education, in the College of Education at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, NC. Clayton E. Keller is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Special Education. Joan M. Karp is Associate Professor of Special Education and Program Coordinator of Early Childhood Education, in the College of Education and Human Services Professions at the University of Minnesota in Duluth, MN. ISBN 1-56368-071-8, 7 x 10 casebound, 336 pages, tables, figures, index $85.00s
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