De/centering straight talk: Queerly informed inclusive pedagogy for gay and bisexual students with intellectual disabilities

Journal of LGBT Youth

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-56

  Thompson, S Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ableism; Disability theory; Heterosexism; Inclusion; Inclusive pedagogy; Intellectual disability; Normalization principle; Queer theory; Social support sexualities education groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649987436     PISSN: 19361653     EISSN: 19361661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J524v05n01_05     Document Type: Article

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