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2018
Volume 49, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0098-6291
  • E-ISSN: 1943-2356

Abstract

In this article, I examine how the language circulated by two-year college writing center websites impacts discursive understandings of disability and offer recommendations for more accessible documentation practices grounded in critical disability studies and technical and professional communication theory.

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