Social Identity and Disability in the Classroom with Dr. Julie Hulme
At what point do people accept the label 'Disabled'? What are the barriers to acceptance? Why do students fail to tell educational establishments about disabilities when it may be in their interests to do so? Dr. Julie Hulme, Reader of Psychology at Keele discusses all these question and introduces us to Social Identity Theory and explains why social context is so important in defining who we are. You can find out more about her work here.