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Chapter 5: The Discursive Construction of Severe Dis/Ability in One School in the Southeastern United States

This study uses Discursive Psychology to examine how disability is actively constructed through classroom interactions for students with significant intellectual disabilities. Three themes were found: compliance-focused instruction, student disengagement, and suppressed relational desires. The authors argue that ABA-rooted systematic instruction ideology produces disability rather than reveals it, recognizing students for deficits rather than humanity. An innovative mixed-method approach was used, but limited by field notes vs. video data.

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Updated 2026-01-10

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