I am doing my practicum at High bridge park recreation center. The recreation center is a place that provides services for adults over 21 who have intellectual and other developmental disabilities. The staff work together to help individuals overcome the challenges they face every day to live an independent and meaningful life in the community. The organization I am working with is AHRC, which is a family governed organization that works with people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities to have a better quality life. The program is designed to each individual’s specific needs. This program is designed around the individuals and the ones who support them which are their families, staff and community partners.
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There is almost nothing in our education system about disability and resources for people with disabilities are poorly publicized. The most prevalent depictions of disability in our media, with which we constantly see, include the super crip, pity / charity, and the villain. Many media stories about people with disabilities focus on either a person with a disability "overcoming" their disability and accomplishing incredible achievements, such as the blind man who climbed Mt. Everest. (Jonathan Epstein, Day Hab Without Walls, July 12th, 2015). People with disabilities are also often shown as pitiable people who need the general public to take care of them. This common depiction leads to learned helplessness. Care givers believe that people with disabilities are not capable of accomplishing anything on their own so they do everything for them. Therefore, people with disabilities never learn how to do anything on their own and begin to believe that they are not capable of anything. It is a self-fulling prophesies. And lastly, all of the villains seen in books and movies often have some type of physical disability or mental illness. This leads to an abundance of fear and disgust towards people with disabilities that are not founded in
There is almost nothing in our education system about disability and resources for people with disabilities are poorly publicized. The most prevalent depictions of disability in our media, with which we constantly see, include the super crip, pity / charity, and the villain. Many media stories about people with disabilities focus on either a person with a disability "overcoming" their disability and accomplishing incredible achievements, such as the blind man who climbed Mt. Everest. (Jonathan Epstein, Day Hab Without Walls, July 12th, 2015). People with disabilities are also often shown as pitiable people who need the general public to take care of them. This common depiction leads to learned helplessness. Care givers believe that people with disabilities are not capable of accomplishing anything on their own so they do everything for them. Therefore, people with disabilities never learn how to do anything on their own and begin to believe that they are not capable of anything. It is a self-fulling prophesies. And lastly, all of the villains seen in books and movies often have some type of physical disability or mental illness. This leads to an abundance of fear and disgust towards people with disabilities that are not founded in