Disability, Madness, and Social Justice

Undergraduate

This course uses first-person narratives to engage students in experiences of disability and madness. Students learn to develop a feminist intersectional, anti-ableist analysis of their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours in relation to disability, madness, and other intersecting forms of oppression. Intersections of disability, madness, race, class, sexuality, and gender identity are explored. Topics may include disability and madness in popular culture, disability and sexuality, mad activism, disability justice, and feminist perspectives on disability and madness. (Prerequisites: IACS-1000)