Disability Studies (DS) creates the space for rethinking traditional, medical approaches, to imagining disability, mental health and related social institutions, using a liberal arts lens to explore the variety of possible, yet uncommonly shared, meanings. Disability is situated amidst contemporary, interdisciplinary debates and developments in research, policy and theory, illustrating how it touches all lives in different spheres: family sports education, youth, workplace, art, war, aging, cultures and mobility. In the Disability Studies (DS) department, we walk with students through rethinking and reimagining disability. We share cases of successful inclusion and supports that broaden the role of disabled people and the upside potential of welcoming this diversity. We use stimulating social science and humanities’ lenses to critique the common perception that it is the disability that needs to be fixed or cured, or even that there is any “hard line” of “who is disabled.” We show instead how systemic ableism winds up making curriculum, policy and laws exclusionary – and why that is a collective loss for us all. We use inquiry-based learning to teach you how to think through and analyze complex social and economic issues. You can apply these theories to analysis of everyday cases from social media, news, business, and schools, and will be prepared to confront and transform those kinds of real-world challenges when you walk out the door.
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