From Access to Community:
A UDL Approach to
Designing for Social Justice
Matthew Minister
Chris Lanterman
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Occasionally
@ 12
All the time
@ 10
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Never
@2
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Where To Start
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Intersecting Ideals
Special
Education
U
D
L
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DSE
Tenets of Disability Studies in Education
• Contextualize
• Privilege
• Promote
• Assume Competence
(Valle & Connor, 2011, p. 30)
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Justice
“UDL is just about equality for me. It’s just giving every
kid the opportunity to do the same things—that you
are not singling anyone out, whether it’s a person who
is an ELL student or someone with disabilities.” – Iris
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Universal Design for Learning
Representation
UDL
Engagement
Action and
Expression
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Contextualizing Disability
• Beliefs about disability framed by:
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the Economic,
Political,
Social, and
Environmental context.
• One Resource:
• Lives Worth Living (Eric Neudel)
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Privilege Individuals with
Disabilities/Disabled Persons
• Use narratives of students with disabilities about
their experiences in truly inclusive
classroomsStudents' perceptions of classroom
instructional environments in the context of
'Universal Design for Learning‘ (Abell, Jung &
Taylor, 2011)
• Universal design for learning and instruction:
Perspectives of students with disabilities in higher
education
• (Black, Weinberg & Brodwin, 2015)
• View films/videos that represent experiences of
disabled individuals in inclusive settings
• Deej
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Promoting Socially-Just, Equitable,
and Inclusive Experiences
Recognize and put a stop to educational practices and arrangements
that position general and special educators as occupying different
roles and responsibilities in the inclusive classroom/school (Baglieri
et al., 2011, p. 272).
• Disabling Segregation (Dan Habib, TEDX)
• Inclusion, Belonging, and the Disability Revolution (Jennie Fenton, TEDX)
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Assuming Competence
• I’m Not Your Inspiration (Stella Young)
• The Myth of Average (Todd Rose, TEDX)
• In My Language (Amanda Baggs, 8:37)
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Already
Used
@ 10
Not Used
But Might
@ 12
Not Used
And Won’t
@2
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Faculty Learning Communities on UDL
Faculty engaged by:
• Multiple types of resources and interactions
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Readings - UDL: theory and practice & UDL in the Cloud
Videos/Podcasts
Described visuals
Opportunities to share discoveries and experiences
• Choices
• A concrete “project” at the end of the Learning Community
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Communities of Practice
• Learning Communities
• Facilitated
• Hope for the future…
• Become colleagues in this cross-disciplinary space
• Communities of Practice
• Begin to take control and take action and become a
• Self-directed community developing UDL strategies
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Conclusion
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Action Item
• Start or engage in a UDL Learning Community
• or Community of Practice
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Thank You!!!
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From Access to Community:
A UDL Approach to
Designing for Social Justice
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