Disabilities and adult and lifelong education

Abstract

In this chapter, Ross-Gordon examines evolving perspectives on disability within adult and lifelong education. First, the chapter looks at perspectives that have traditionally been reflected in literature with the field of adult and lifelong education. Next, the chapter acquaints the reader with perspectives on disability that have emerged within the interdisciplinary field of disability studies, and how these have influenced recent work within adult and lifelong education. Finally, it discusses the evolution of the author’s perspectives, ending with a framework representing her current thinking about this important domain of adult and lifelong education.