{"pk":53171,"title":"Accessible Futures: On Failure, Inclusion, and the Not-Yet","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p>This short essay reflects on the incomplete and often inconsistent nature of access in academic spaces. It shows how, despite good intentions, access often fails in practice and argues for more thoughtful, flexible approaches to building accessible futures. The essay concludes with additional suggested reading on the topic of access.</p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC-ND 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\n\nNoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"critical disability studies"},{"word":"accessibility"}],"section":"Cluster: Access","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4c0724sg","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Richard","middle_name":"H.","last_name":"Godden","name_suffix":"","institution":"Louisiana State University","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-10-16T18:34:36.794000Z","date_accepted":"2025-10-16T18:37:14.580000Z","date_published":"2025-10-21T01:10:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"Final_Godden_Accessible Futures","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ncs_pedagogyandprofession/article/53171/galley/40073/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"Final_Godden_Accessible Futures","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ncs_pedagogyandprofession/article/53171/galley/40073/download/"}]}