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Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities: Social Workers With Disabilities and Experiences in Field Education

2018

Kiesel, L., DeZelar, S., & Lightfoot, E. (2018b). Challenges, Barriers, and opportunities: Social workers with disabilities and experiences in field education. Journal of Social Work Education, 54(4), 696–708. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2018.1507365

Research, SW Education, Specific to Disabled Social Workers

Disclosure & Accommodations Resources

Navigating if, when and how to disclose disability status at work is a personal decision and can be difficult. This page provides resources and information.

Specific to Disabled Social Workers, SW Employment

The Mega List of Potential Neurodivergent Accommodations for Social Workers

2022

Kate Kowalczik, LCSW

Written by a social worker with ADHD, a list of potential work accommodations for neurodivergent social workers.

Specific to Disabled Social Workers

Creating Disability Inclusion Within Canadian Schools of Social Work

2006

Dunn, P., Hanes, R., Hardie, S., & MacDonald, J. (2006). Creating disability inclusion within Canadian schools of social work. Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 5(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1300/j198v05n01_01

Research, SW Education, Specific to Disabled Social Workers

#CrippingSocialWork

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Blog

This website accepts blog submissions and 'aims to hold space for disabled social workers to discuss their experiences in the field, talk about approaches to social work practice with disabled people that stay true to the following disability practice principles as they relate to anti-oppressive practice: Respecting self-determination, Honoring “nothing about us without us”, Sitting with the “dignity of risk”, Fostering “circles of support”, Promoting community inclusion, and to create a space for non-disabled social workers to reflect on their practice with disabled people in an effort to promote anti-oppressive practice.'

Community Groups, Specific to Disabled Social Workers

Worker Self Directed Nonprofits

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Sustainable Economies Law Center

A nonprofit structure developed by the Sustainable Economies Law Center "in which all workers have the power to influence the programs in which they work, the conditions of their workplace, their own career paths, and the direction of the organization as a whole."

Organizational Structure

Social work practice and disability communities: An intersectional anti-oppressive approach

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Elspeth Slayter; Lisa Johnson; Mallory Cyr; Michael Clarkson-Hendrix; Sandy Leotti; Sharyn DeZelar; Rose Singh; and Esther Son

Curriculum and Textbooks Etc., SW Employment

Disability Pride Month

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July is Disability Pride Month, it's about celebrating the inherent value of disabled people and honors the experiences of the disability community. This page provides history and resources.

Awareness Days

Ethics Toolkit for Associations

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ASAE

This PDF includes guidance on Anti-Harassment Policies, Code of Conduct/Code of Ethics Policies, Conflict of Interest Policies, Social Media Policies, Vendor Relations Policies, and Whistleblower Policies for associations

Ethical Operations

Ten Tenets of a Disability-Affirming Practice

2024

Mbita Mbao, PhD, LICSW, and Elspeth Slayter, MSW, MA, PhD

Article in the Summer 2024 edition of Social Work Today magazine on "Moving From a Focus on Disability Access and Inclusion to a Disability-Affirming Practice Framework"

SW Practice

Abolition and Disability Justice

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Abolition and Disability Justice Collective

Website housing information and resources related to alternatives to policing based in Disability Justice. Example documents include: Cripping Abolition, Guiding Principles Based on Disability Justice, and Reforms to Oppose.

SW Practice

Crip Camp Educational Curriculum (English and Spanish)

2020

Bianca I Laureano (Ph.D. h.c., MA, CSES), Aiesha Turman (Ph.D), Kaara Kallen (MA), Cory Silverberg (M.Ed.), Stephon Snell

The documentary feature CRIP CAMP marks a historic moment in mainstream representation of the disability experience. In sharing with insight, clarity, humor, and beauty, the experiences of one group of disabled young people and their journey to activism and adulthood, it provides an opportunity for all to delve into the rich and complicated history of disability activism, culture, and history. The goal of this curriculum is to extend the knowledge and understanding of disability and of disabled people offered in the Netflix film CRIP CAMP.

Curriculum and Textbooks Etc., Spanish Language

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