A New Visibility: An Argument for Alternative Assistance Writing Programs for Students with Learning Disabilities  

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Barber-Fendley, Kimber ; Hamel, Chris

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: College Composition and Communication (Ada di JSTOR) vol. 55 no. 3 (Feb. 2004), page 504-535 .
Fulltext: Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 504-535.pdf (705.89KB)

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We argue against the metaphor of the "level playing field" and its natural coercive power; in so doing, we call for an end to the invisibility that the debate over accommodations has imposed on learning disabilities in the past decade. A literature review of LD in composition shows how this invisibility has manifested itself in our field through limited professional discussion of LD. In response, we propose not a level playing field but a new playing field altogether, a visible one that actively promotes alternative assistance for student writers with LD in first-year composition programs. We seek to show how the LD and composition fields could create a powerful partnership by serving students with LD through the principle of the liberal theory of distributive justice.

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