Disability studies

Jaime: What is Disability Studies? Disability studies refer to a unique major that provides academic space to explore important questions and challenges that people with disabilities experience every day. These degree programs explore how disability has been defined throughout history and in different cultures. Physical impairment has been a constant experience for many people throughout history, but the different interpretations of the construction of impairment as a generic social category is a new social invention. Students will focus on the social, cultural and political issues that challenge people with disabilities every day. Disability Studies Programs Disability studies explore the social ideologies and cultural systems that have…

Warnock was striving to achieve a social model of disability which recognises that the limiting factor for disabled people in achieving their potential is being included effectively, rather than their inability to fit into pre-existing structures (Cole, 2008). Linked to this is the ever more widely held view that the provision, in all areas of society, received by disabled people should be based upon legislation that governs human rights (Hodkinson and Vickerman, 2009). The rights-based model…

it is clear that, Richard is a person with a learning disability and he realised to have confused feeling toward relationships. When he was a teenager he started to have gay feelings. Also because of learning disability and being a gay he felt very different from others and he felt cannot share his secret with anyone. Obviously LGBT people who have learning disability have the same needs, hopes and fears as other. Sometimes these may be expressed or communicated in a different way, but their…

Based on the challenges discussed in the articles “College Students and Learning Disability: Elements of Self-Style,” by Trojano, P. and “Students with Disabilities in Postsecondary Education: Barriers to success and Implications for Professionals,” by Johnson, A. my assumptions on how students with disabilities interact in a “partying” environment on campus are: 1. Iowa State University is a public university who has to abide by the Rehabilitation Act. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of…

Intro Health as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is “a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (website #1). The definition of disability is not quite so straight forward. Over the last 25 years there have been many different attempts to define disability using different frameworks. The medical model views disability as a condition that is caused by a specific diseases or impairment, which is then assumed to…

Mental health and disability has had a long-standing negative stigma when it comes to seeking help. In the past several years, individuals who have mental and/or physical disabilities have been turning to clinicians and counselors to help better their understanding of their disabilities as well as increase their quality of life. The impact of psychiatric therapy did not come to light until the 1980s. It was assumed up until that time that all people have the same basic brain structure as well as…

organizations because it acts as a tool to achieve the desirable results and to succeed while holding its members accountable. I have witnessed firsthand the importance of code of ethics in the disability services sector as I worked in its field, and it can impact individuals with disabilities directly. Throughout my course of study, I have also learned how our society has influenced the lives of people with disabilities. In the past, such individuals were treated unfairly and perceived as…

Once a month I volunteer at a program for adult with disabilities. The program is designed for the volunteers and the participants to get together once a month, either at a group activity or on their own. Activities are determined by the program’s staff and have included making flowers out of paper, a cooking class, trips to restaurants, and playing board games. Recently the program staff contacted me and suggested that the woman I am partnered up with, Ros, and I spend our time together doing…

discrimination of those with disabilities for those in favor of able-bodied individuals, putting these people at a large advantage. In the United States, ableism is a huge problem, where many people do not consider or think about the daily struggles that those with disabilities have. Furthermore, those with disabilities are used as inspiration for these same ableist individuals, in what is called “inspiration porn.” There are two types of disabilities, physical and mental, and both have their…

According to Harbour (2009), the relationship between the university and administrative features, such as Student Disability Services (SDS) is critical because their primary goals are to ensure students academic success. It would seem natural that SDS personal would come from student services or counseling backgrounds because they appear to be the most “qualified to provide direct services to students and understand any disability related needs” (p. 138). With training in student developmental…