Welcoming Intellectual Disability

Education

Hiding in Plain Sight

Michael Gill Ph.D. on February 2, 2017

Everything you thought you knew about the history of people with disabilities in the United States is wrong.

Everything you thought you knew about the history of people with disabilities in the United States is wrong.

Intelligence

Intelligent Lives

Michael Gill Ph.D. on June 10, 2016

Have narrow conceptions of “intelligence” limited individuals with intellectual disabilities by leading to placements in segregated classrooms, schools, and workplaces?

Have narrow conceptions of “intelligence” limited individuals with intellectual disabilities by leading to placements in segregated classrooms, schools, and workplaces?

Career

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Michael Gill Ph.D. on December 2, 2015

December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. What practices and idea can transform your communities to allow for the full engagement of all?

December 3rd is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. What practices and idea can transform your communities to allow for the full engagement of all?

Education

Intellectual Disability and Higher Education

Michael Gill Ph.D. on October 21, 2015

What changes are necessary so that students with labels of intellectual disabilities could have a place on campuses as students and community members, in integrated spaces, where labels of disability do not disqualify them from participation in the classroom, residing in the dorm, or graduating with a degree?

What changes are necessary so that students with labels of intellectual disabilities could have a place on campuses as students and community members, in integrated spaces, where labels of disability do not disqualify them from participation in the classroom, residing in the dorm, or graduating with a degree?

Sex

A Call for Inclusion?

Michael Gill Ph.D. on September 6, 2015

What is gained by changing expectations of participation? What shifts when intellectual disability is welcomed as an essential part of society? When we stop seeking out signs of competence, what else do we notice? How can patterns of exclusion be challenged to enable more accessible and inclusive futures?

What is gained by changing expectations of participation? What shifts when intellectual disability is welcomed as an essential part of society? When we stop seeking out signs of competence, what else do we notice? How can patterns of exclusion be challenged to enable more accessible and inclusive futures?