INDS 211 - Introduction to Disability Studies

3 Credit(s)

In this course, students will be introduced to a variety of discussions taking place in America focused on disabled populations. Students will work in and between a variety of traditional academic disciplines in order to explore various questions, including but not limited to: What does it mean to be disabled? What challenges and opportunities exist for disabled populations? How are disabled populations represented in the media? How are disabled populations represented in the law? How do disabled populations represent themselves? Grounded in the social model of disability, students will study this model (as well as explore the controversies associated with it) and explore the various means by which disabled populations are socially constructed, and what society can do to address this. Fall.