Students as Our Best Resources

Dymond, K. (2025). Students as Our Best Resources. In Collaborative Strategies for Designing Neuroinclusive College Campuses (pp. 35-86). IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-6350-9.ch002

Publication date: 12 Aug 2025 Added to AutiHub: 7 Aug 2026 Type: Book chapter Article language: English

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the impacts of ableism and neoliberalism on education and the potential for transformation within higher education. The author explores the creation of an elective course in a graduate teacher education program designed to challenge neuronormativity and to construct new possibilities for neurodiversity-affirming classrooms with teacher candidates. Student feedback and collegial support as part of an ongoing critical collaborative inquiry on accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (CAST, 2024) fundamentally improved the course. Impacts included greater community care, increased understanding of neuronormativity, greater comprehension of ableism, and recognizing learner experience and collective imagination as conduits of learning. This has implications for the capacities of faculty, staff, and institutions to seek Neurodivergent students' insights, and the ripple effect of improving accessibility for everyone. Collaborative models and supportive practices to aid this iterative, reflexive work and the importance of institutional support are discussed.

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