Overview
Description
We focus on how disability is defined and understood within social and cultural contexts. We will study perspectives regarding disability, including bioethics, the “medical model,” the civil rights perspective, and personal narratives.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- critically evaluate current definitions and theories of disability.
- identify how attitudes and beliefs about individuals with disabilities may impact the personal and social view of disability.
- identify and discuss some of the issues that influence individuals with specific disabilities.
- examine the complex interplay of social, political, and economic forces as they relate to disability.
- examine the impact of cultural values in conceptualizing individual difference.