Ending Ableism in Education, Hehir

 

Argument

The author Thomas Hehir, argues that there is ableism in education and he pulls from his own experiences at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, Associate Superintendent for the Chicago Public Schools, and Director of Special Education in the Boston Public Schools. He also argues that ableism assumptions are so common when it comes to education of children with disabilities reinforces the preconceptions of disabilities and does not help when it comes to these students educational and employment opportunities. 

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