Hello All!
The Massachusetts Chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children invited us to participate in their 2022 virtual State Conference.  The topic of this year's conference is Intersectionality and it caused us to think (and talk) a lot about how ableism is alive and well in schools and education.  Coined in 1989, the term began in the legal and academic realm but has been adopted by education theorists.  Check out this link for an article on the history of the big ideas inherent in Intersectionality:
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination
Here's an article from 2020 on the specific and more recent interpretation of intersectionality as it relates to disability:
https://disabilityphilanthropy.org/resource/intersections-between-racism-and-ableism/
We were thrilled and honored to be part of MCEC's conference and hope that the discussion is thought provoking. Joining a professional organization is something you can do to impact change in our field. It is also part of our ethical responsibilities as members of the profession. Check out Massachusetts Council for Exceptional Children (MCEC)'s website here:
http://www.masscec.org/

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