Reflection On Individualism And Diversity

This class has made me become more aware that we naturally identify people from their race or ethnicity and yet we still manage to leave populations out of this thought process. As I read this rubric about this paper the one thought I kept thinking about is, what about the people within these racial and ethnic groups that have disabilities? My own experiences because of my disabilities and the conversations I have had with others have made me ponder how each culture treats the members of their groups who have a disability. I have white privilege and yet I am considered a minority within my culture. History has shown me that if I had been born at any other time my life would have been completely different. The time of when those with disabilities were locked up was not that far in the past as many would like to believe.

I am working on being a better advocate for myself and I feel like there was a miss opportunity for my classmates to learn. At some point they are going to have a client who has a disability, who may or may not be a part of different race or ethnic minority community, and I worry that they will ignore the disability aspect of the client because it was not talked about in this

I knew that there were other cultures about extended family, about elders are taken care of, and how in the United States we can lack those aspects in our culture. Having the chance to experience the guest speakers’ discuss their personal experiences was a great way to learn more about collectivism. Collectivism is definitely something I want to spend more time researching so that I can learn to incorporate it into my counseling practices. I know my family has collectivism tendencies, however, what I experience in my family is nowhere close to how cultures practice it within their homes. Learning as much as I can from research and from my clients will only benefit me in my