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This paper serves as a foundational piece, aiming to investigate the potential of critical disability theory (CDT) and disability critical race theory (DisCrit) in shedding light on students' perceptions of their own exceptionalities and how this can impact their educational achievement in subjects like math, physical education, and English. While there is a substantial body of research focusing on CDT, teacher attitudes, and non-identified student attitudes towards disabilities, there is a lack of research exploring the connections between CDT, DisCrit, and students' attitudes towards their own exceptionalities. It is crucial to acknowledge how students perceive their own exceptionalities, as internalizing ableist prejudice and discrimination can lead to students viewing their exceptionalities as hindrances or barriers, which can detrimentally affect their academic development. However, by embracing the activist work of CDT and DisCrit scholars and shifting ableist perspectives towards a strengths-based approach that highlights individuals' resilience and fortitude. This shift in mindset has the potential to enhance students' overall academic success

Substantial and sustained reduction in under-5 mortality, diarrhea, and pneumonia in Oshikhandass, Pakistan : Evidence from two longitudinal cohort studies 15 years apart

Funding Information: Study 1 was funded through the Applied Diarrheal Disease Research Program at Harvard Institute for International Development with a grant from USAID (Project 936–5952, Cooperative Agreement # DPE-5952-A-00-5073-00), and the Aga Khan Health Service, Northern Areas and Chitral, Pakistan. Study 2 was funded by the Pakistan US S&T Cooperative Agreement between the Pakistan Higher Education Commission (HEC) (No.4–421/PAK-US/HEC/2010/955, grant to the Karakoram International University) and US National Academies of Science (Grant Number PGA-P211012 from NAS to the Fogarty International Center). The funding bodies had no role in the design of the study, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or writing of the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 The Author(s).Peer reviewedPublisher PD