KINE 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ableism

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 1000
• Professor: idk

Document Summary

Supercrip stories: the mountain as metaphor for obstacle, supercrip stories: (cid:862) fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) disa(cid:271)led people (cid:858)o(cid:448)er(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g(cid:859) our disa(cid:271)ilities. The(cid:455) rei(cid:374)for(cid:272)e the superiority of the nondisabled body and mind. They turn individual disabled people, (cid:449)ho are si(cid:373)pl(cid:455) leadi(cid:374)g their li(cid:448)es, i(cid:374)to s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ols of i(cid:374)spiratio(cid:374). (cid:863) I(cid:374)stead of (cid:862)the disa(cid:271)led as pitied,(cid:863) (cid:449)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)t the (cid:862)the disa(cid:271)led as hero(cid:863) stereot(cid:455)pe to be admired for courage and determination. What"s the proble(cid:373): you(cid:374)g: (cid:862)we are (cid:374)ot here for (cid:455)our i(cid:374)spiratio(cid:374)(cid:863) The social implications of supercripdom: renders the disabled person as other or object on display, constructs o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) (cid:894)differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895) as the (cid:373)ost i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ost i(cid:374)teresti(cid:374)g thing i(cid:374) that perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s life. Ignores all the complex, contradictory and messy things that makes us human. Wednesday, november 9th, 2016: the super(cid:272)rip(cid:859)s (cid:858)struggle to o(cid:448)er(cid:272)o(cid:373)e(cid:859) or (cid:858)the pursuit of (cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:859) or (cid:858)their i(cid:374)spiri(cid:374)g great(cid:374)ess(cid:859) is al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s u(cid:374)derstood i(cid:374) relatio(cid:374) to the a(cid:271)le-bodied, disability is always presented as negative challenge, hardship, tragedy.