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Prendergast, Catherine Prendergast, Catherine Finnegan, Cara Russell, Lindsay Yergeau, Melanie Saunders, Pamela A 2017-09-29T17:45:42Z 2017-09-29T17:45:42Z 2020-03-03T10:15:25Z 2017-06-16 2017-08 “Navigating ‘Normal’” is a qualitative study of five autistic writers in higher education. Focusing on disability disclosure, classroom accommodations, and learning and writing processes, this project examines classroom inclusivity from the perspectives of neurodiverse students. I argue that my five participants demonstrate kairotic skill regarding appropriate times and places to disclose their autism diagnosis, and sophisticated rhetorical techniques for managing stigma and meeting their needs as learners in classrooms devoid of helpful accommodations. In pursuit of inclusivity, I call for writing classroom practices that decenter normalcy as the goal of pedagogical intervention, instead foregrounding student self-advocacy. Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2019-08-01 The student, Pamela Saunders, accepted the attached license on 2017-06-15 at 14:10. The student, Pamela Saunders, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2017-06-15 at 14:21. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2017-06-16 at 11:52. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #11228 on 2017-09-29 at 10:45:53 Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-29T17:45:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 SAUNDERS-DISSERTATION-2017.pdf: 761300 bytes, checksum: 27eab7117dbf8c1c43858e6516d34e0e (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: 818cd4fd9b5859a4d9e0b0e98b908c13 (MD5) PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt: 4558 bytes, checksum: 2ac9bcbfdf230ad4ffe9e3057d2573cf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-16 Embargo set by: Colleen Fallaw for item 103495 Lift date: 2019-09-29T17:48:06Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 103495 Lift date: 2020-03-02T19:56:41Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 103495 Lift date: 2020-03-02T19:59:52Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 103495 Lift date: 2020-03-02T20:02:46Z Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 103495 on 2020-03-03T10:15:25Z. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/98170 en Copyright 2017 Pamela A. Saunders Disability Autism Neurodiversity Composition Accessibility Accommodations Writing Qualitative Navigating ‘normal’: the writing lives of students on the spectrum text text English English University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.