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The Moving Beyond Pity & Inspiration: Disability as a social Justice Issue by Eli Clare took place on April 16, 2014. Thinking about disability before this lecture I feel like I had a general idea of the things Eli spoke about. I attended a school were more than half of the students had a disability. The terms and stereotypes he mentioned I ha heard since sixth grade. We began by stating some of the positive and negative stereotypes that came with children of disabilities. The negative stereotypes were so disheartening to know children have to endure those types of problems because of a disability they cannot control. A few negative stereotypes the people in the lecture mentioned were helpless, lower class citizens, invisible, or watered down degree. Those were just a few mentioned. I realize that these negative stereotypes are exactly what teachers try not to show to peers. You would not want your peers thinking you have a “watered down degree” and the schoolwork is easier than theirs when it really is not. The work is not made easier, just presented to the students in a differen...
Baynton, Douglas. "Disability and Justification of Inequality in American History." The New Disability History. New York: New York University Press, 2001. 285-294. Print.
Disability is a ‘complex issue’ (Alperstein, M., Atkins, S., Bately, K., Coetzee, D., Duncan, M., Ferguson, G., Geiger, M. Hewett, G., et al.., 2009: 239) which affects a large percentage of the world’s population. Due to it being complex, one can say that disability depends on one’s perspective (Alperstein et al., 2009: 239). In this essay, I will draw on Dylan Alcott’s disability and use his story to further explain the four models of disability being The Traditional Model, The Medical Model, The Social Model and The Integrated Model of Disability. Through this, I will reflect on my thoughts and feelings in response to Dylan’s story as well as to draw on this task and my new found knowledge of disability in aiding me to become
Erkulwater, Jennifer L. Disability Rights and the American Social Safety Net. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2006.
Disability in our day in age is seen as being worse than death. People with disabilities should not feel like they don 't belong. They are just like everyone else and want to be treated like everyone else. Many without disabilities think that it can be contagious and stray to even look at people with disability. This is not the case for it 's not contagious and one should not be seen as a different person just because of their disability. They didn 't choose that life and shouldn 't be mistreated for what they are. “People with disability should be treated equally to everyone else.”
An estimated one billion people are living with disabilities around the world, that is approximately 15 percent of all people on earth (United Nations, n.d.). Furthermore, in the United States, almost 57 million people, 19 percent, have some type of disability (United States Census Bureau, 2012). It is apparent that disabilities are prominent in life today, and unfortunately, the world views disability as individuals who are not abled. Eli Clare, author of "Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies: Disability and Queerness", acknowledges that there is a vast majority of people living with disabilities and in light of this, he advises the world to accept irrevocable differences. In this case, Clare argues that irrevocable differences are bodily differences
Thomas, C. (2002). ‘Disability Theory: Key ideas, Issues and Thinkers’, In: Barnes, C., Barton, L. & Oliver, M. Disability Studies Today. Cambridge: Polity Press. pp: 38 - 57
Author Harriet Johnson writes about the quality of a disabled person’s life, how culture sees the disabled, and how she views herself, in her article “Unspeakable Conversations” in order to change the world’s opinion of the disabled. The disabled are not people to look down upon or pity. They are simply living life the best they can just like everyone else. All anyone ever wants is to be treated equally. Just because someone is different does not make them any less of a person.
Routledge: New York : New York, 2001. Shakespeare, T (2013) “The Social Model of Disability” in The Disability Studies Reader Ed Davis, L D. Routledge: New York.
A disability refers to a wide range of impairments that effects the way in which a human interacts with society, their surroundings, or themselves (ADA National Network). The reason this is noted in a society is because norms are set for all members in our society; disabilities are social constructs. To this degree all individuals are expected to be uniform physically, mentally, and socially. Deviations from these norms are often viewed negatively. This lead to an us/them mentality. A disability is seen as through the lens of pity and/or fear, not as a unique. By doing this society separates itself from what is does not understand, the uniqueness of the human condition. By doing so it socially and mentally harms the individual who does not
In the class Disability in Society (AHRS 200), I’ve learned a lot about how people with disabilities are treated in society, how students, parents and teacher have to deal with a disability and how the class views disability. Many of the things that I learned in this class will further my education and my career as a physical therapy. I obtained a different perspective on building structure, I pay more attention to how accessible it is to people with disabilities. I also gain the push to learn sign language, especially in my career which can be helpful to patients who are deaf or hard of hearing. I will be able to communicate with my patients and make them feel the like everyone else.
Disability: Any person who has a mental or physical deterioration that initially limits one or more major everyday life activities. Millions of people all over the world, are faced with discrimination, the con of being unprotected by the law, and are not able to participate in the human rights everyone is meant to have. For hundreds of years, humans with disabilities are constantly referred to as different, retarded, or weird. They have been stripped of their basic human rights; born free and are equal in dignity and rights, have the right to life, shall not be a victim of torture or cruelty, right to own property, free in opinion and expression, freedom of taking part in government, right in general education, and right of employment opportunities. Once the 20th century
The first thought that crosses the mind of an able-bodied individual upon seeing a disabled person will undoubtedly pertain to their disability. This is for the most part because that is the first thing that a person would notice, as it could be perceived from a distance. However, due to the way that disability is portrayed in the media, and in our minds, your analysis of a disabled person rarely proceeds beyond that initial observation. This is the underlying problem behind why disabled people feel so under appreciated and discriminated against. Society compartmentalizes, and in doing so places the disabled in an entirely different category than fully able human beings. This is the underlying theme in the essays “Disability” by Nancy Mairs, “Why the Able-Bodied Just Don’t Get it” by Andre Dubus, and “Should I Have Been Killed at Birth?” by Harriet Johnson.
Laurie Block one of the staff members of the Disability History Museum discusses the stereotypes and constructs of the stereotypes disabled people have and are currently facing in society. In her essay titled “Stereotypes About People With Disabilities” she mentions a particular stereotype involving dehumanization, “People with disabilities are different from fully human people; they are partial or limited people, in an “other” and lesser category” (Block). A popular belief of some citizens in society is that people with disabilities are different and whatever disabilities or handicaps a person has makes them lesser of a person. This stereotype has caused stigma towards people with disabilities which leads to people taking advantage of them and abusing them. Elizabeth Barnes, author of “Valuing Disability, Causing Disability” discusses the popular opinions of disability rights activists and the ones who oppose/criticize them. She starts off her article by writing an argument from disability rights activists, “Disability rights activists often claim that being disabled isn’t something that’s bad for you. Disability is, rather, a natural part of human diversity something that should be valued and celebrated, rather than pitied and ultimately “cured” (Barnes 88). As mentioned by Elizabeth Barnes, disability rights activists repetitively have to fight the idea
...eglected social issues in recent history (Barlow). People with disabilities often face societal barriers and disability evokes negative perceptions and discrimination in society. As a result of the stigma associated with disability, persons with disabilities are generally excluded from education, employment, and community life which deprives them of opportunities essential to their social development, health and well-being (Stefan). It is such barriers and discrimination that actually set people apart from society, in many cases making them a burden to the community. The ideas and concepts of equality and full participation for persons with disabilities have been developed very far on paper, but not in reality (Wallace). The government can make numerous laws against discrimination, but this does not change the way that people with disabilities are judged in society.
Overall, I must admit that I have been blessed from taking this course. I feel that I have grown throughout the course of the class, where I once stereotyped students with learning disabilities to understanding students with disabilities. Many people judge and classify what they do not understand, and through that ignorance is birthed. I am thankful that I have taken this class as I have become aware of my ignorance and have a deeper understanding and acceptance of those with learning disabilities, inside and outside of the classroom.