Date of Award
Fall 2019
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
First Advisor
Bruce Dorsey
Abstract
The struggle between the medical and social model of disability show the white supremacist nature of the medical model and the gaps within dominant use of the social model because it has historically centered the needs of middle class white children. The tug of war between these models especially appear during the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA that mainly dealt with discipline in schools, due process rights for students and families, overrepresentation of students of color in special education programs, school funding, and providing LRE.
Recommended Citation
Henry, Maya , '20, "Overrepresented and Underserved: How IDEA 97' Shaped the Intersection of Blackness and Disability" (2019). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 533.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/533