Rosemarie van der Jagt and Christopher R. Smit

JANUARY 2006: ESSAY by Rosemarie van der Jagt and Christopher R. Smit Only a week had gone by since my summer research project had begun, and already I was unconvinced by the arguments I was beginning to hear. I was initially excited to expand my knowledge of disability--that's why I agreed to be part of the project. The professor with whom I was working, Dr. Christopher Smit, had challenged my assumptions about the treatment of difference within society, and more…