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​DIVERSITY COMMITTEE


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THE DADD DIVERSITY COMMITTEE SEEKS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE 
RIGHTS AND SAFETY FOR (A) INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, AND (B) THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK ​WITH THEM.
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​We support intersectional contributions to the field and commit to educating others on the importance of intersectionality in special education.
DADD Statements on Social Justice
STATEMENT on racial injustice
Fight for Racial Justice Must Continue
We Stand with the Asian American
​& Pacific Islander Communtity
Statement on Unity with Transgender
​ & NonBinary Individuals
Statement of Support for Indigenous PeopleButton Text

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Privilege & Oppression
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Intersectionality
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White Fragility
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Representation

​INTERSECTIONALITY
Articles
  • The Intersectionality Wars. (Coaston, 2019). 
  • Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics. (Crenshaw, 1989).
  • What is Privilege? Everyday Feminism. (Ferguson, 2014).
  • Examining racial microaggressions, race/ethnicity, gender, and bilingual status with school psychology students: The role of intersectionality. (Proctor, Kyle, Fefer, & Lau, 2017).
  • Intersectionality and School Psychology: Implications for Practice. (Proctor, Williams, Scherr, & Li, 2017). 
  • What the latest research really says about LGBTQ youth in schools. (Strauss, 2017).
Books
  • Race, Gender and Class: Theory and Methods of Analysis. Weber L. (2007). In Landry B. (Ed.). 
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Videos
  • Intersectionality 101 
  • What is privilege? ​
How to Incorporate Intersectional Pedagogy in Your Classroom

ABELISM
Articles
  • It's Not Just About Racism, But Ableism: When talking about diversity, the ableism that students with disabilities face should be part of the conversation. (Ford, 2009).​
Books​
  • Claiming disability: Knowledge and identity (Linton, 1998).


HOW TO INCORPORATE ANTI-ABLEIST TEACHING IN YOUR CLASSROOM

RACISM(RESOURCES FOR WHITE PRACTITIONERS)
Articles
  • White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. (McIntosh, 1988) 
  • The Culture of Whiteness. (Mulholland, 2018)
  • Reflections from a Token Black friend. (Nagarajah, 2020)
  • The unexamined whiteness of teaching: How white teachers maintain and enact dominant racial ideologies. (Picower, 2009) 
  • Holy shit, being an ally isn’t about me! How I learned being a white liberal doesn’t make me a good ally. (Real Talk: WOC & Allies, 2017)
  • The year I gave up white comfort: An ode to my white “friends” on being better to Black woman. (Ricketts, 2019)
  • Inquiry into (in)ability to navigate dissidence in teacher education: What it tells up about internalized racism. (Shim, 2018)
  • The most dangerous person in America is the White woman. (Slaughter, 2018)
  • The Quest for Equity: Maintaining African American Teachers in Special Education. (Talbert-Johnson, 2001)
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act:Standards needed to improve identification of racial and ethnic overrepresentation in special education (GAO-13-137). U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2013). ​
  • What’s my complicity? Talking white fragility with Robin DiAngelo. (Van Der Valk & Malley, 2019)
Books
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  • Arnold, J. (2020). Raising our hands: How white women can stop avoiding hard conversations, start accepting responsibility, and find our place on the new frontlines. BenBella Books.
  • DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism. Beacon Press.
  • Eddo-Loge, R. (2017). Why I’m no longer talking to White people about race. Bloomsbury Adult.
  • Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be antiracist. One World.
  • Lorde, A. (2007). Sister outsider. Crossing Press.
  • Morrison, T. (2007). The Bluest Eye. Vintage.
  • Oluo, I. (2019). So you want to talk about race. Seal Press.

Videos
  • Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses ‘White Fragility’
  • How studying privilege systems can strengthen compassion                        
  • Systemic Racism Explained    ​
  • Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black man                   
  • Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story | Robin DiAngelo | Big Think
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INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES
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LGBTQ+
Articles and Books
  • The Social Responsibilities Round Table and the Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Queer Round Table of the American Library Association (2012) provided a list of LGBTQ+ inclusive texts called the Rainbow
  • Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults (Gratton, 2019) 
  • Queer-owned book stores
  • LGBTQ+ Resources for College Students

Resources
  • Human Rights Council (HRC)
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Tools for Equality and Inclusion 
  • GLSEN
    • Educator Resources
    • Considerations when Working with LGBT Students of Color
  • Learning for Justice
    • Educator Resources
  • The Trevor Project
    • School Resources: helping adults become better allies to LGBTQ youth
  • PBS News Hour LGBTQ Lesson Plans​
  • Teachers as LGBTQ Allies
  • Student Resources and Support
  • Students ​and Gender Identity: A Toolkit for Schools
Curriculum Resources for Inclusive Sexuality Education
  • Elevatus Training
    • Curriculum: Sexuality Education for People with Developmental Disabilities
    • Certificate in Becoming a Sexuality Educator and and Trainer
  • Sex Ed Mart
    • Classroom Resources & Online Training
Books for Learners
  • Picture book list
  • More children’s books
  • Resource for obtaining LGBTQ+ inclusive classroom books

Specific Books
Young Adult
  • Failure to Communicate  (Kain Sonderby)
  • Stake Sauce (series) (RoAnna Sylver)
  • Chameleon Moon (series)  (Roanna Sylver) 
  • Human Enough (E. S. Yu)
Uncomfortable Labels
  • My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman  (Laura Kate)
  • On the Edge of Gone (Corinne Duyvis)
  • Queens of Geek (Jen Wilde)​

TRAUMA-INFORMED TEACHING & LEARNING
Articles
  • Leveraging the neuroscience of now: Trauma-informed teaching & learning. (Imad, 2020). 
  •  Trauma-Informed Teaching: During the Transition to Virtualized Learning and in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. (Imad & Schumaier, 2020)
  • How to prevent secondary trauma. NEA News. (Turner, 2020).
  • Mental Heath Issues Facing the Black Community
    • How Racism Causes Mental Health Problems; Why Don't More Black People Seek Mental Heath Help 
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Suggested Resources
  • The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  • Helpguide.org
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
  • National Center for PTSD
  • National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
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​Videos
Trauma-Informed Teaching (for teachers)
Trauma-Informed Learning (for students)
Howʻs Your Heart?

BOOKS FOR STUDENTS
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Book lists:  Early Childhood Readers
                            Elementary Readers
                  Older Readers
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