Melinda Leigh Maconi
April 19, 2021
... the social construction of disability and the processes by which certain bodies are valued and devalued
Definitions of disability and the resources available have changed over time and continue to change
Through open-ended papers, students are asked to explore how new theories of disability
, 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
- Abstract:
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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...