AHS107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Reasonable Accommodation, Hearing Aid, Masculinity

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Applied Health Sciences
• Course: AHS107
• Professor: Wade Wilson

Document Summary

Visible minority ter(cid:373) (cid:374)o lo(cid:374)ger rele(cid:448)a(cid:374)t, as (cid:374)o(cid:449) 50% of pop. Difference historically as basis for exclusion (ex. Disability used as way of exclusion in sports) Efforts to include raised questions: (cid:862)ho(cid:449) are (cid:449)e goi(cid:374)g to i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude? (cid:863) . Equality creating an even baseline for everyone to start at (look at charter slide) Equity providing equal opportunity for each participant to complete the race (look at charter slide) In other words, it can be legal to create inequality to create equity! Impairment usually biomedical condition, if not taken care of will become disability (ex. Disability something that hinders our ability to do everyday tasks (ex. I(cid:373)paired perso(cid:374) who is(cid:374)"t disabled: so(cid:373)e people do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:374)sider the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es disa(cid:271)led (ex. Ma(cid:374) (cid:449)/ prostheti(cid:272) leg, wanted to run in olympics not pair olympics) Diversities & health: age, gender, sexualities, races & aboriginal people. Socio economic status = always present in these diversities. Explanation overall decline in birth rate, increase in life expectancy.