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Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/16/sports/la-sp-sn-oscar-pistorius-family-denies-murder-charge-20130216 http://www.theweek.co.uk/crime/oscar-pistorius/51529/oscar-pistorius-fall-flawed-and-complex-sporting-icon http://www.theweek.co.uk/opinion/48758/paralympics-are-exploited-make-disabled-feel-guilty http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/07/oscar-pistorius-live-trial-coverage-monday-7-july This is a super short explanation of some of the problems that people have with Autism Speaks as an advocacy organization: http://www.examiner.com/article/why-autistic-people-don-t-like-autism-speaks. I think that you will encounter some of these complexities in more depth in Dr. Broderick's article on Autism as enemy.
Also, it is worth checking out Autism Speaks vs. the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, just to get a sense of how self advocacy and agency can work within the disability rights movement. In class today, Amanda mentioned how shocking to her it was that the legislation to protect the rights of individuals with disabilities is do recent. The clip below shows a part of a 1972 expose on Willowbrook, a Staten Island institution. Also check out this NPR piece that highlights how not too distant the maltreatment of individuals with disabilities is, in time nor in space. |
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- Session 1- July 8, 2014: Introduction
- Session 2- July 10, 2014: Cultural History of Disability
- Session 3- July 15, 2014: Cultural History of Disability-The Disability Rights Movement
- Session 4- July 17, 2014: Language, Discourse, Knowledge, Representation, & Power
- Session 5- July 22, 2014: Intelligence, Labeling, and the Social Construction of Personhood
- Session 6- July 24, 2014: SPED Law
- Session 7- July 29, 2014: A Legacy of Special Education- Who Does Not Benefit?
- Session 8- July 31, 2014:Contours of Exclusion: Contemporary Education Policies (IDEIA, NCLB, RTTT, etc.)
- Session 10: August 7, 2014: Inclusive Culture, Engagement and Participation
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