Respectful representations of disability in picture books

AE Pennell, B Wollak… - The Reading Teacher, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article discusses the importance of making available in classrooms a range of children's
literature offering authentic and meaningful representations of characters with disabilities …

Repositioning disability in children's picture books through classroom read-alouds

AMT Prince, HE Hayden - Teaching Exceptional Children, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Students with disabilities represent an increasing percentage of students in general
education classrooms. Yet, in early elementary grades, they may not see themselves …

Breaking the cycle: Preparing pre-service teachers for disability-related discussions

CS Bialka, N Hansen, SJ Wong - Teacher Education and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Teacher preparation programs play a seminal role in the development of prospective
teachers, as they provide future educators with information regarding the rights of students …

Erasure or empowerment?: how pre-service teachers address disability when using children's literature

CS Bialka, N Hansen, SJ Wong - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Research suggests that in classrooms across the United States, teachers are hesitant to
engage students in a discussion about disability. However, if children are not given …

Representation of aided AAC in contemporary young adult fiction

EJ Smith, DT Arthur - Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The current study explored both the extent to which representation of augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) exists in young adult literature, as well as qualitative …

What parents say about inclusion and disabilities: Implications for young children's attitude development toward peers with disabilities

SY Yu - Early Child Development and Care, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of the current study is to examine what parents think about individuals with
disabilities and inclusion, to what extent parents' attitudes are related to their children's …

[HTML][HTML] The Tripartite Intervention: breaking down attitudinal barriers in education

JRR Freer - Journal of Disability Studies in Education, 2021 - brill.com
Students with disabilities face attitudinal barriers to social inclusion. Poor attitudes toward
disability can impact friendship development between students with and without disabilities …

Reading literature about disabled children and adolescents: a window into pre-service teachers' emerging understanding of disability

N Hansen, CS Bialka, SJ Wong - Journal of Education for Teaching, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Teachers play a key role in fostering a positive view of disabilities by facilitating classroom
conversations that promote awareness, understanding, and acceptance of human …

Identifying factors that promote or inhibit disability-related discussion in secondary English language arts classrooms

R Jacobson, CS Bialka - English in Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although disabled people encounter discrimination in almost every facet of life–such as
employment, housing, education, healthcare, and transportation–disability is often missing …

“Not a Stereotype”: A Teacher Framework for Evaluating Disability Representation in Children's Picture Books

HE Hayden, AMT Prince - Reading Horizons: A Journal of …, 2024 - scholarworks.wmich.edu
Researchers and educators have explored representations of people with marginalized
identities in children's picturebooks for over 30 years. Disability has not been widely …