SPC ED 511: Social Construction of Disability
     
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    Spring 2009

    Mondays 4:20-6:50
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      "In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."
    Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha)
    Contributed by Melissa Olson
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    HANDOUTS:
    Syllabus (MS Word file)
    APA guidelines
    Analysis grid for There's Something about Mary
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    WRITING ASSISTANCE
    • Writing requirements checklist
    • Julia's Quick and Dirty APA Guide
    • Kathie Snow's Commentary on People First Language
    • Julia and Susan's Explanation of Academic Honesty in Writing
    • Citing electronic sources, from APA
    • Purdue's On-line Writing Lab (OWL) -- links to information on researching and writing papers
    • Purdue OWL's guide to APA
    • Dartmouth University's Guide to appropriately citing sources
    		 CLASS OUTLINES:
    January 20, 2009
    January 27, 2009
    February 3, 2009
    February 10, 2009
    February 17, 2009
    February 24 2009
    March 3, 2009
    March 10, 2009 - no outline - film presentations
    March 17, 2009 -- no class, UNM Spring Break
    March 24, 2009
    March 31, 2009
    April 7, 2009
    April 14, 2009
    April 21, 2009
    April 28, 2009 
    May 5, 2009 - last day of class
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    RELATED WEB SITES:
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    • "Where's Molly" is a documentary of two siblings who were seperated in childhood when three year old Molly was institutionalized. Her brother Jeff, six at the time of his sister's institutionalization, eventually forgot that he had a baby sister and was only reunited with her after the death of his parents. See a 10 minute trailer of this film at: http://www.wheresmolly.net/index.htm

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    • See this brief article by John Hockenberry about the Clint Eastwood film, Million Dollar Baby: http://www.milliondollarbigot.org/loser.html

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    • Not Dead Yet is a disability rights organization. Their web site currently has many links related to the new Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby: http://www.notdeadyet.org/

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    • See also the newsbrief on this Eastwood film by the National Spinal Cord Injury Association: http://www.spinalcord.org/news.php?dep=1&page=0&list=281

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    • The "quality mall" website has a lot of information about person-centered supports for individuals with developmental disability. This page provides links to "magazines, newsletters, journals, and other periodicals about the most current issues regarding quality of life and person-centered services. Links to full-text versions of significant articles from the most recent editions of these publications are also available: http://www.qualitymall.org/directory/dept1.asp?deptid=48
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    • The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) at the Waisman Center has released its final report about the fall 2002 Invitational Conference on Health Disparities and Developmental Disabilities in Wisconsin. Click here for the pdf version of their report: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/healthdisparities/healthdisparities.pdf
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    • This web site has a number of links to information about post modernism and critical theory: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html

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    • The Tolerance Organization is related to the Southern Poverty Law Center and has a wonderful magazine for teachers, Teaching Tolerance. The web site has a nice discussion of addressing uncouncious assumptions, stereotypes, and biases: http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/tutorials/04.html

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    • The Disability is Natural website has a nice discussion of "people first" language: http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm

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    • The Disability Studies Online Magazine has a variety of interesting articles: http://www.disabilitystudies.com/
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    • The Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement web site provides historical information and documentation about the eugenics movement in the United States: http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/
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    • The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights' web site contains information and data regarding the enrollment of students in public schools. The data is reported by race/ethnicity, gender, and disability: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/publications.html#
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    • The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities is a coalition of national consumer, advocacy, provider and professional organizations. Their web site provides information on their advocacy efforts: http://www.c-c-d.org/index.htm
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    • The Disability History Museum has an on-line library which contains digital versions of images, texts, and other artifacts related to disability history: http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/lib/
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    • The Mouth is a bi-monthly magazine and their web site contains a wonderful selection of information, articles, and perspectives from the disability rights perspective: http://www.mouthmag.com/
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    • The Mothers From Hell web site offers information about their advocacy organization and a view of the special education system from the perspective of mothers of kids with disabilities: http://www.mothersfromhell2.org/
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    • The Ragged Edge has an on-line magazine. They "cover the disability experience in America -- what it means to be a crip living at the start of the 21st century": http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/

     
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