Melinda Leigh Maconi
April 19, 2021
... , Z.R., (2018) “Medicalization, Normalization, and Performance Edge: Teachers’ Attitudes about ADHD Medication Use and the Influence of Race and Social Class,” Sociological Perspectives 61(4) 642-660
· Johnson, A. H., (2019) Rejecting, reframing, and reintroducing: transpeople’s strategic engagement with the medicalization of gender dysphoria
Oct. 16th -Reflection Paper 2 due
Week 9: Chronic Illness
Oct. 22nd
· Davis Ch 11-Unhealthy Disabled: Treating Chronic Illnesses as Disabilities
· Nowakowski, A., (2016) “You Poor Thing: A Retrospective Autoethnography of Visible Chronic Illness as a Symbolic Vanishing Act,” The Qualitative Report, 21(9) 1615-1635
· Wilbers, L.E., (2015) “She Has a Pain Problem, Not a Pill Problem: Chronic Pain Management, Stigma, and the Family-An Autoethnography,” Humanity and Society, 39(1) p86-111
Week 10: Mental Illness
Oct. 29th
· Davis Ch 7-A Mad Fight: Psychiatry and Disability Activism
· Pope, L.G. (2015) “To Forgive and Discredit: Bipolar Identities and Medicated Selves Among Female Youth in Residential Treatment,” Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry,39, 505-531
· Venville, A., A. Street, & E. Fossey, (2014) “Student perspectives on disclosure of mental illness in post-compulsory education: displacing doxa” Disability & Society 29(5) 792-80
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Week 11: Disability & Poverty
Nov. 5th
· Parish, S.L., R.A. Rose, & M.E., Andrews, (2009) “Income, Poverty, and Material Hardship among U.S. Women with Disabilities,” Social Service Review, 83(1) 33-52
· Smith, D.M., K.M., Langa, M.U., Kabeto, & P.A. Ubel, (2005) “Health, Wealth, and Happiness: Financial Resources Buffer Subjective Well-Being after the Onset of a Disability,” Psychological Science, 16(9) 663-666
· Parish, S.L., (2013) “Why Dismantling the Safety Net for Children with Disabilities and Their Families is a Poor Idea,” Health & Social Work, 195-198
· Sapolsky, R.M., (2018) The Health-Wealth Gap, Scientific American, 319(5) 62-67
Nov 6th. Paper Proposal Due
Week 12: Assistive Technology
Nov. 12th
· Ripat, J.D., & Woodgate, R.L., (2017) “The importance of assistive technology in the productivity pursuits of young adults with disabilities,” Work 57(4) 455-468
· Perfect, E., Jaiswal, A. & Davies, T.C. (2018). Systematic review: investigating the effectiveness of assistive technology to enable internet access for individuals with deafblindness. Assistive Technology.
· Zederayko, M.W., & Ward, K., (1999) “What to do when students can’t hold a pencil,” Art Education, 52(4) 18-22
Week 13: Veteran’s Issues
Nov. 19th
· Semeah, L.M., Beamish, J.O., Schember, T.O., & Cook, L.H., (2019) “The Rental Housing Needs and Experiences of Veterans with Disabilities,” Administration & Society, 51(2) p.299-324
· Nichter, B., Haller M., Norman, S., Pietrzak, R.H., (2020) “Risk and protective factors associated with comorbid PTSD and depression in U.S. military veterans: Result from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study,” Journal of Psychiatric Research, 121, 56-61
· Hawkins, B.L., McGuire, F.A., Linder, S.M., & Britt, T.W. (2015) “Understanding contextual influences of Community reintegration Among Injured Servicemembers,” Journal of Rehabilitation, Research, & Development, 52(2) 527-542
Week 14
Nov. 26th -Thanksgiving
Week 15: Ethics
Dec. 3rd
· Davis 6-Disability, Democracy, and New Genetics
· Davis Ch 8-“The Institution Yet to Come”: Analyzing Incarceration Through a Disability Lens
· Davis Ch20-At the Same Time, Out of Time: Ashley X
Week 16
Final Paper Due Dec 7th
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Subject Area(s):
- Disabilities
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Resource Type(s):
- Syllabus
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Class Level(s):
- College 400
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Class Size(s):
- Any
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This syllabus covers a cross-listed course offered by both the sociology department and the college of interdisciplinary studies. This course seeks to educate students from a variety of backgrounds and majors about the social construction of disability and the...