Book Review pblished by NACADA
NACADA( The Global Community for Academic Advising) published our book review: Book Reviews Current Articles | Archives | Search New Directions in Special Education: Eliminating Ableism in Policy and Practice New Directions in Special Education: Eliminating Ableism in Policy and Practice. (2005). Book by Thomas Hehir. Harvard Education Press, 2005, ISBN-13 9781891792618, Soraya Fallah, Ed.D., & Cklara Moradian, MSW Candidate. Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Thomas Hehir’s 2005 New Directions in Special Education: Eliminating Ableism in Policy and Practice deals more specifically with special education and systemic reform as it pertains to students with disabilities. Hehir (2005) begins by defining ableism as a pervasive and harmful cultural attitude that holds up abled bodied individuals as superior, which consequently leads to the marginalization of students with disabilities. He discusses h