There are so many reasons why we as human beings can lose our sense of wonder and curiosity. Sometimes it can be fear. I think the fear element typically comes when something is unknown. If you have a disability like visual impairment or being deaf or hard of hearing, you may have something that somebody immediately knows,. And if we're not used to having an ASL interpreter right next to us, for example, we might not know how to respond to that. That ASL interpreter is simply providing access to communication that that person needs.
Katie Bonawitz shares about disability inclusion in higher education on episode 435 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Your students are not going to be able to shine if you put them in a box of who you think they might be.
-Katie Bonawitz