Double Jeopardy: Addressing Gender Equity in Special Education

by Michael L. Wehmeyer

Highlighting the educational issues of girls and young women with disabilities, Double Jeopardy examines how they are exposed to discrimination based on gender and disability/special education status, and how they experience less successful vocational outcomes than their disabled male or nondisabled female peers upon leaving school. It studies both gender equity issues and inequitable practices that affect a wide range of students, such as Title IX,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791450759
• ISBN13: 9780791450758
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"