April 21, 2009 (class #14)

Class outline:

	Announcements, questions, and quandaries: Final essay due in two weeks.  Remember, no late papers accepted for the final assignment. Keep going with the wiki through the last week of class (not finals week). Come and see me if you have questions.
	Small group activity: Consider this information on the proposed Community Choice Act:  http://www.adapt.org/casaintr.htm http://www.adapt.org/casa/summary.htm http://www.adapt.org/casa/talkingpts.html http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/111_HR_1670.html http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=OPA_Issue_Community_Choice_Act Discuss ways in which our legislative and system of social "supports" construct disability.
	Whole group discussion: Watch this video before coming to class as a preparation for the discussion: http://www.disabilityrightsmt.org/janda/inner.php?PageID=64
	Quick write: Provide examples from the assigned readings of ways in which social systems or institutions can create or exacerbate disabilities.
	Small group activity: Krogh and Johnson (2006) ask “who has the power to define disability?” (p. 162).  In your small groups discuss the influence the medical model of disability might have on the lives of people with disabilities in hospital or home-care settings? (Provide specific examples from the readings or personal experience.)
	Whole group discussion of quotes from Peter Singer: http://www.princeton.edu/~psinger/faq.html Read "Unspeakable Conversations" by Harriet McBryde Johnson prior to coming to class: http://www.racematters.org/harrietmcbrydejohnson.htm
	Minute paper

Overheads:

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Note: All of the readings, required and recommended, can be found on electronic reserves at Zimmerman library. Please contact the instructor for the course password.

Author: Krogh & Johnson (2006)

1.)	What do Krogh and Johnson mean by social, cultural, and economic capital?
2.)	Define symbolic capital in terms of social, cultural, and economic capital.
3.)	What do Krogh and Johnson mean by symbolic violence?
4.)	Now that you've read this article: ...what seem to be some important concepts in this reading? ...what are some new terms for you? ...what new questions do you have?

* To view PDF documents, such as the readings on reserve, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Extra Resources:
Website Links:

• The Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund has information on relevant issues: http://www.dredf.org/index.shtml
• See this article from the Inclusion Daily Express regarding a mother's request for a hysterectomy for her 15 year old daughter: http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/2008/01/17/011708ukthorpe.htm
• Here is the Not Dead Yet web site: http://www.notdeadyet.org/docs/about.html
• Here is teh ADAPT web site: http://www.adapt.org/index1.html

Recommended Readings on reserve:
Breckenridge, C. A., & Vogler, C. (2001). The critical limits of embodiment: Disability's criticism. Public Culture, 13(3), 349-357.
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Brickman, B. J. (2004). "delicate' cutters: Gendered self-mutilation and attractive flesh in medical discourse. Body & Society, 10(4), 87-111.
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Ferguson, P. M. (1987). The social construction of mental retardation. Social Policy, 18(1), 51-56.
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Ferguson, P. M., & Ferguson, D. L. (1996). Communicating adulthood: The meanings of independent living for people with significant cognitive disabilities and their families. Topics in Language Disorders, 16(3), 52-67.
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Mitchell, W. J. T. (2001). Seeing disability. Public Culture, 13(3), 391-397.
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Petersen, A. (2006). An African-American woman with disabilities: The intersection of gender, race and disability. Disability and Society, 21(7), 721-734.
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Phillips, M. J. (1992). "Try harder": The experience of disability and the dilemma of normalization. In P. M. Ferguson & D. L. .
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Ferguson & S. J. Taylor (Eds.), Interpreting disability: A qualitative reader (pp. 213-227). New York: Teachers College Press.
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Smith, J. D., & Lazaroff, K. (2006). “Uncle Sam need you” or does he? Intellectual disabilities and lessons from the “great wars.” Mental Retardation, 44(6), 433-437.
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Taylor, S. J. (2000). Perspectives: Two perspectives on Foucault and postmodernism. Mental Retardation, 38(4), 363.
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Taylor, S. J., & Bogdan, R. (1980). Defending illusions: The institution's struggle for survival. Human Organization, 39(3), 209-218.
 

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