Abrams et.al. also note how inclusion has been largely contested in the Deaf community because the idea of including Deaf people in hearing culture privileges hearing culture and often is contingent on Deaf people assimilating to hearing culture through accommodation.

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Abrams, Floyd, and Abes note that they decided to use the words accessible academic experiences because of critiques by other Critical Disability Scholars like Morstadt and Mia Mingus that inclusion is often framed around allowing disabled people to be part of spaces but not fully engage in those spaces and how often inclusion can be framed by non-disabled people by allowing disabled people into a space begrudgingly and then failing on accommodate, or provide access once someone is in the space.

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Abrams, E. J., Floyd, C. E., & Abes, E. S. (2024). Prioritizing Crip Futures: Applying Crip Theory to Create Accessible Academic Experiences in Higher Education. Disability Studies Quarterly, 43(4). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v43i4.8270

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