Patricia A. Dunn

Becoming Visible: Lessons in Disability.

The five authors call for increased awareness of disability in composition studies and argue that such an awareness can productively disrupt notions of writing and composing at the same time it challenges normal/not normal binaries in the field. In six sections: Brueggemann introduces and examines the paradox of disabilitys invisibility; White considers the social construction of learning disabilities; Dunn analyzes the rhetoric of backlash against learning disabilities; Heifferon illustrates how a disability text challenged her students; Cheu describes how a disability-centered writing class made disability visible; all five conclude with challenges and directions for composition studies in intersecting with disability studies.