Think Inclusive Podcast

About the Guest(s): Audri Gomez has been in the field of special education since 2000. She has worked as a resource specialist and in self-contained classrooms in the K-12 setting for the Newport Mesa Unified School District. Currently, she is an adjunct professor for the Department of Special Education at Chapman University. Aja McKee has worked in the early childhood field since 1996. She teaches early childhood special education for the Capistrano Unified School District and is a certified special education advocate. She also works part-time as an adjunct professor with Cal State University Fullerton in the special education department.Episode Summary: In this episode of the Think Inclusive, host Tim Villegas interviews Audri Gomez and Aja McKee, educators with experience in the classroom and teacher training. They discuss the Disability Studies program at Chapman University and its emphasis on disability as a social construct. The guests explain how disability studies challenges the medical model of disab