The Americans with Disabilities Act
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Black Kripple Delivers Poetry and Lyrics by Call Number: PS3613 O56425 B59x 2015ISBN: 9780986060083Publication Date: 2015-11-09Poetry. African American Studies. Music. Disability Studies. BLACK KRIPPLE DELIVERS POETRY & LYRICS is straight up an activist/love book of original poems and song lyrics that have been written and collected for almost two decades. Many poems in this book were first published in 1999 in a chapbook by Poor Magazine's Poor Press. Most of the poems and lyrics touch on issues that Black disabled people deal with but only get a little media attention. In this book you will find true stories of discrimination, cases of police brutality, love songs for the Black disabled community and for the author's family. "In the tradition of History's word warriors, Leroy Moore pens full frontal confrontations that blast away the last nasty vestiges of Faith-based America's biases against the poor, the disarranged, and the different."—Wanda Coleman
#IsEveryoneReallyEqualSyllabus:
Chapter 6: Privilege & Ableism - Definitions & Readings
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a·ble·is·m
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1.the oppression of peoples with disabilities.
Source: Is Everyone Really Equal, p. 82
Selected readings on Ableism
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Building Access by "All too often," wrote disabled architect Ronald Mace, "designers don't take the needs of disabled and elderly people into account." Building Access investigates twentieth-century strategies for designing the world with disability in mind. Commonly understood in terms of curb cuts, automatic doors, Braille signs, and flexible kitchens, Universal Design purported to create a built environment for everyone, not only the average citizen. But who counts as "everyone," Aimi Hamraie asks, and how can designers know? Blending technoscience studies and design history with critical disability, race, and feminist theories, Building Access interrogates the historical, cultural, and theoretical contexts for these questions, offering a groundbreaking critical history of Universal Design. Hamraie reveals that the twentieth-century shift from "design for the average" to "design for all" took place through liberal political, economic, and scientific structures concerned with defining the disabled user and designing in its name. Tracing the co-evolution of accessible design for disabled veterans, a radical disability maker movement, disability rights law, and strategies for diversifying the architecture profession, Hamraie shows that Universal Design was not just an approach to creating new products or spaces, but also a sustained, understated activist movement challenging dominant understandings of disability in architecture, medicine, and society.Illustrated with a wealth of rare archival materials, Building Access brings together scientific, social, and political histories in what is not only the pioneering critical account of Universal Design but also a deep engagement with the politics of knowing, making, and belonging in twentieth-century United States.Call Number: Available as an ebookISBN: 9781517901646Publication Date: 2017-11-01 -
Contours of Ableism by Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to uncover what it means to be 'able' rather than 'disabled'.Call Number: HV1568 C376 2009ISBN: 9780230579286Publication Date: 2009-09-16 -
Disability and Academic Exclusion : Voicing the Student Body by Call Number: Available as an ebookISBN: 9781498520027Publication Date: 14 August 2017 -
Nothing about Us, Without Us by James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to, and differences from, racism, sexism, and colonialism. Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World, Europe, and the United States. Charlton finds an antidote for dependency and powerlessness in the resistance to disability oppression that is emerging worldwide. His interviews contain striking stories of self-reliance and empowerment evoking the new consciousness of disability rights activists. As a latecomer among the world's liberation movements, the disability rights movement will gain visibility and momentum from Charlton's elucidation of its history and its political philosophy of self-determination, which is captured in the title of his book. Nothing About Us Without Us expresses the conviction of people with disabilities that they know what is best for them. Charlton's combination of personal involvement and theoretical awareness assures greater understanding of the disability rights movement.Call Number: HV1568 .C37 1998ISBN: 0520207955Publication Date: 1998-03-27 -
Privilege, Power and Difference by Privilege, Power, and Difference is a groundbreaking tool for students and non-students alike to examine systems of privilege and difference in our society. Written in an accessible, conversational style, the 3rd edition links theory with engaging examples in ways that enable readers to see the underlying nature and consequences of privilege and their connection to it. This program has been used across the country, both inside and outside the classroom, to shed light on issues of power and privilege. The Connect course for this offering includes SmartBook, an adaptive reading and study experience which guides students to master, recall, and apply key concepts while providing automatically-graded assessments. McGraw-Hill Connect® is a subscription-based learning service accessible online through your personal computer or tablet. Choose this option if your instructor will require Connect to be used in the course. Your subscription to Connect includes the following: * SmartBook® - an adaptive digital version of the course textbook that personalizes your reading experience based on how well you are learning the content. * Access to your instructor's homework assignments, quizzes, syllabus, notes, reminders, and other important files for the course. * Progress dashboards that quickly show how you are performing on your assignments and tips for improvement. * The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping. Complete system requirements to use Connect can be found here: http://www.mheducation.com/highered/platforms/connect/training-support-students.htmlCall Number: HN90 E4 J64 2018ISBN: 9780073404226Publication Date: 2017-02-06 -
Privilege: A Reader by Innovative and thought-provoking, this timely anthology expands the concept of privilege in America beyond the traditional limiters of being white and male. In addition to readings from well-known authors in the field, this edition includes pieces from contemporary scholars breaking new ground in superordinate studies. Seventeen carefully selected essays explore the multifaceted aspects of privilege: how race, gender, class, and sexual preference interact in the lives of those who are privileged by one or more of these identities. Written from a variety of viewpoints, personal and analytic, the essays in this volume help students understand that 'race' can mean white people, 'gender' can mean men, and 'sexuality' can mean heterosexuals.Call Number: HN90 S6 P75 2010ISBN: 9780813344263Publication Date: 2009-12-22 -
Stalking Disability: Using disability to expose "abled" narcissism by This comprehensive, interdisciplinary collection, examines disability from a theoretical perspective, challenging views of disability that dominate mainstream thinking. Throughout, social theories of disability intersect with ideas associated with sex/gender, race/ethnicity, class and nation.Call Number: HV1568 D5638 2012ISBN: 9780230243255Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Selected Articles on Ableism & Critical Disability Studies
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Moral Wrongs, Disadvantages, and Disability: A Critique of Critical Disability StudiesFull cite: Simo Vehmas & Nick Watson (2014) Moral wrongs, disadvantages, and disability: a critique of critical disability studies, Disability & Society, 29:4, 638-650, DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2013.831751
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Person-First and Identity-First LanguageFull cite: Dunn, D., Andrews, E., & Anderson, Norman. (2015). Person-First and Identity-First Language. American Psychologist, 70(3), 255-264.
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Physical Disability BingoBy Haddayr Copley-Woods; includes link to a pdf version of the Bingo card included in this chapter.
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Understanding Critical Disability StudiesFull cite: Reaume, G. (2014). Understanding critical disability studies. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 186(16), 1248-1249.
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Unlearning ableism in academia: Nurturing and connecting scholarship and activismFull cite: Nishida, A. (2012). Unlearning ableism in academia: Nurturing and connecting scholarship and activism. International Journal Of Psychology, 47, 210.
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The Origins of PrivilegeInterview with Peggy McIntosh, by Joshua Rothman. Published in the New Yorker, May 12, 2014.
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White Privilege & Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences through Work in Women's StudiesPeggy McIntosh's 1988 classic essay on white privilege and white male privilege; includes the "knapsack" list mentioned above.
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I Wanted to Know What White Men Thought About Their Privilege. So I Asked."My college class asks what it means to be white in America — but interrogating that question as a black woman in the real world is much harder to do"
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible KnapsackAlthough not focused on ableism, Peggy McIntosh's 1989 influential article on deconstructing and understanding privilege (and specifically white privilege) provides a useful foundation for understanding meritocracy, equal opportunity, and individualism.