Contributors

Foreword

Michelle Fine

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Harilyn Rousso

Michael L. Wehmeyer

SECTION I Gender and Disability

Beyond Pedestals: The Lives of Girls and Women with Disabilities

Adrienne Asch

Harilyn Rousso

Taran Jefferies

Won't You Know All of Me? Recognizing the Confluence of Disability, Gender and Ethnicity

Eric Jolly

SECTION II Gender Issues in the Education of All Students

Gender Equity in Education: Change and Challenge

Katherine Hanson

Susan J. Smith

Title IX: What Does It Mean for Teachers?

Melissa Keyes

She Bakes and He Builds: Gender Bias in the Curriculum

Susan Shaffer

Linda Shevitz

Can She Really Do Science? Gender Disparities in Math and Science Education

Ellen Wahl

Squeaky Wheels versus Invisibility: Gender Bias in Teacher-Student Interactions

Dolores A. Grayson

Stopping Sexual Harassment in Schools

Eleanor Linn

Harilyn Rousso

Schools fail Boys Too: Exposing the Con of Traditional Masculinity

Craig Flood

Teaching as though Both Genders Count: Guidelines for Designing Nonsexist Inclusive Curricula

Theresa Mickey McCormick

Uncovering Bias in the Classroom: A Personal Journey

Maryann Wickett

SECTION III Gender Issues in the Education of Students with Disabilities

Research on Gender Bias in Special Education Services

Michael L. Wehmeyer

Michelle Schwartz

Gender Equity Issues in the Vocational and Transition Services and Employment Outcomes Experienced by Young Women with Disabilities

Bonnie Doren

Michael Benz

Nothing to Do after School: More of an Issue for Girls

Merle Froschl

Harilyn Rousso

Ellen Rubin

What Do Frida Kahlo, Wilma Mankiller, and Harriet Tubman Have in Common? Providing Role Models for Girls with (and without) Disabilities

Harilyn Rousso

The Living Out Loud Program: Building Resiliency in Adolescent Girls with Disabilities

Nancy Ferreyra

Estelle Eskenazi

SECTION IV Summary and Future Directions

Addressing Gender Equity in Special Education Services: An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century

Michael L. Wehmeyer

Harilyn Rousso

Index