SOC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Moshing, Trivial Pursuit, Matt Bors
18 Aug 2016
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Representations of disability (part i) and of youth culture (part ii) Module 11, part i: representations of persons with disabilities. In part i of module 11, we explore the media"s representation of persons with disabilities. In teaching for diversity and social justice, pat griffin, madeleine l. peters, and robin m. smith define ableism as a pervasive system of discrimination and exclusion of people with disabilities. In this module, we look at those stereotypes that distract the public from manifestations of ableism, which include inaccessible public buildings, inflexible height of tables and counters, unusable transportation systems, and segregated education. Examples of ability privilege include the certainty that theaters, mass transportation, and entertainment venues will provide comfortable and convenient seating arrangements for normal people. (sherwood thompson, encyclopedia of diversity and social justice, 11) Stereotypes distract the public because they put the focus on the individual, not on the barriers he or she experiences.
