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Panel Session

Disability Issues

Anti-Ableist Social Work: Epistemic Justice for People with Disabilities

Through segregated locations of education, work, leisure, and living, the U.S. has effectively forced into exile many individuals with nonnormative embodiment, cognitive, or emotional presence. This session explores modern expressions of segregation in a variety of social work domains and presents alternative visions for pedagogy and practice.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. Upon completion, the participant will be able to define epistemic injustice and explore its relevance to the historic exclusion of people with disabilities in the United States.
  2. Upon completion, the participant will be able to explain how individuals with disabilities experience segregation in the United States across domains such as: social, spiritual, educational and carceral
  3. Upon completion, the participant will be able to articulate how the historical segregation of individuals with disabilities has impacted social work education and professional practice, offer examples of epistemic justice in pedagogy and practice, and discuss alternative visions for policy, program development, and curriculum.