In places like where you teach fashion journalism, the mix of money and health issues that aren’t obvious can stop students from doing their best. Understanding this better shows how important it is to notice and deal with all the different kinds of unfairness and problems that disabled people face. It shows we need to have ways of teaching and helping that take into account how everyone’s different backgrounds and situations intersect.
Burke & McManus (2011) agree with your viewpoint. They believe that admission rules for art and design courses mix up ideas of being fair and being clear. They do not do enough to deal with the complex social and cultural differences among students. They say that instead of talking about rules, we should focus on what individual students do. This helps to show how we decide who has the potential to succeed in art and design courses. It often ends up favouring certain types of students and leaving others out.
References
Burke, P.J, McManus, J. (2011). Art for a few: exclusions and misrecognitions in higher education admissions practices. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 32, No. 5, December 2011, 699-712. Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group. ISSN 0159-6306 print/ISSN 1469-3739 online.