1st Edition
Learning with Learning Disability What Learning Disability Can Teach Us About Being Human
By Owen Barden
Copyright 2026
120 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
120 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book uses the concept of “learning disability” to explore what it means to be human. It argues that we need to learn with rather than from or about learning disability. This crucial distinction means being open to what learning disability can teach us about what it means to be human. This approach comes from recognising learning disability as an organising concept – a concept which... Read more
1.Introduction. 2.Human and Not Fully Human. 3.Vulnerable and Menacing. 4.Controlled and Abandoned. 5.Human and Posthuman. 6.Conclusion.
Biography
Owen Barden is Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability and Inclusion at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has published extensively on learning disability, with particular interests in histories of learning disabilities and participatory methodologies.
