Abstract:This study is a critical discourse analysis of the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), an assessment tool used to screen older adults for cognitive impairment worldwide. In it, I deconstruct and unmap two unofficial versions of the MMSE to reveal how its discursive practices are grounded in ageism, ableism, sanism, and other forms of oppression. I challenge the MMSE’s status as a neutral container for knowledge by uncovering how it actively defines “cognitive impairment” and “cognitively impaired” identity formatio… Show more
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