Disability is the only minority group in which any person can join at any given time temporarily or permanently. People with disabilities are defined by a combination of cognitive, developmental, emotional, mental, physical, and sensory impairments. Cultural critic, Georgina Kleege, examines blindness and visual culture from a critical disabilities perspective and renowned scholar, Kelly Fritsch, evaluates the visual implications of marking the wheelchair as the International Symbol for Access (ISA). Kleege criticizes blindness as a metaphor for understanding humanity. Language is deeply ingrained our culture and phrases such as, “I see” or “I get the picture” becomes the primary visual sense for articulating thought. In particular, the association
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However, the Canadian government only agreed to purchase newly designed wheelchairs to remove veterans form long-term care facilities and enter the labour force. In contrast, Frederick Taylor’s scientific management emerged during the 1920’s in accordance to the industrial revolution and disabled bodies were often excluded from rigorous, alienating employment opportunities because they were assumed to lack performance ability. According to Fritsch, ableism is a network of beliefs, processes, and practices that produce a particular kind of self and body that is perceived as the ideal, perfect human. In the article, the Corporate Eye, Elspeth Brown, examines the inherent struggle between character analysts and industrial psychologists over the appropriate methodology for rationalizing American labour. Here, the rationalization of physiognomy has transitioned from the law towards the labour force. In particular, Brown criticizes Blackford for hiring workers based on their visual characteristics, thereby undermining their intellectual ability and individual performance. Physiognomic readings were ultimately unreliable and discredited Blackford’s assertion that there was a definite correlation between physical features and character. It is the expression and mobility of the individual, not fixed facial features that determine one’s personality. Likewise, Kleege discredits the media’s assumption that blind people are unable to empathize. It is a direct contradiction to Taylorism, which designed the human machine as force of automation and emotional detachment. After 9/11, Jim Gray interviewed blind musician Ray Charles for his rendition of “America the Beautiful” and he commented that Charles should be fortunate that his blindness prevented him from seeing the horrific images of the World Trade Center
However, the Canadian government only agreed to purchase newly designed wheelchairs to remove veterans form long-term care facilities and enter the labour force. In contrast, Frederick Taylor’s scientific management emerged during the 1920’s in accordance to the industrial revolution and disabled bodies were often excluded from rigorous, alienating employment opportunities because they were assumed to lack performance ability. According to Fritsch, ableism is a network of beliefs, processes, and practices that produce a particular kind of self and body that is perceived as the ideal, perfect human. In the article, the Corporate Eye, Elspeth Brown, examines the inherent struggle between character analysts and industrial psychologists over the appropriate methodology for rationalizing American labour. Here, the rationalization of physiognomy has transitioned from the law towards the labour force. In particular, Brown criticizes Blackford for hiring workers based on their visual characteristics, thereby undermining their intellectual ability and individual performance. Physiognomic readings were ultimately unreliable and discredited Blackford’s assertion that there was a definite correlation between physical features and character. It is the expression and mobility of the individual, not fixed facial features that determine one’s personality. Likewise, Kleege discredits the media’s assumption that blind people are unable to empathize. It is a direct contradiction to Taylorism, which designed the human machine as force of automation and emotional detachment. After 9/11, Jim Gray interviewed blind musician Ray Charles for his rendition of “America the Beautiful” and he commented that Charles should be fortunate that his blindness prevented him from seeing the horrific images of the World Trade Center