This study explores barriers faced by school social workers in urban high schools. It finds that systemic factors—particularly funding, policy, and structural constraints—rather than individual or institutional issues, limit service provision. The research highlights the need for systemic reform and improved data to support effective student services.

This talk critiques Western lifelong learning policies through a disability justice lens, arguing that education has been shaped by individualism and market value rather than collective care and inclusion. Drawing on personal experience with hypermobility, it reframes disability as a source of interdependence, imagination, and new educational possibilities.