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 notion of 'writing' and 'composing' at the same time it challenges 'normal'/'not nor mal' binaries in the field. In six sections: Brueggemann introduces and exa mines the paradox of disability's 'invisibility'; White considers the socia l construction of learning disabilities; Dunn analyzes the rhetoric of back lash against learning disabilities; Heifferon illustrates how a disability text challenged her students; Cheu describes how a disability-centered writ ing class made disability visible; all five conclude with challenges and di rections for composition studies in intersecting with disability studies.