"She's Writing Her Own Book": A Case Study of Familial and Educational Ideologies of Disability

The purpose of this digital case study was to explore the multiple ideologies of disability that exist within one family and the varied ways these ideologies are laden with power and constituted, through interactions with other family members and select educational stakeholders and the documents shared. Using a framework of Critical Disability Studies, data was collected virtually alongside a family within the disability community and a select educational stakeholder over the span of three months. Data sources include virtual interviews, observations, and documents. Findings indicated that both individual and shared lived experiences of disability inform ideologies of disability, which are continually constituted. These findings have implications for literacy researchers, teachers, teacher educators, and families within the disability community.