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I write this chapter 12 months into my PhD exploring intersections of youth and disability. Based within critical disability studies (CDS), I am using disability as a lens to rethink ‘youth’; exploring how discourses ‘youth’ play-out with those of ‘disability, ’ and visa-versa. My thoughts in this paper are not grounded in empirical fieldwork, but intertwine a year’s reading with my own thoughts as a 23-year-old, new-to-the-world-of-research definitely-not-grown-up.
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Slater, J. (2013). Playing Grown-Up. In: Azzopardi, A. (eds) Youth: Responding to Lives. Studies in Inclusive Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-431-4_6
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