DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND CULTURE
Explore the historical, contextual, and societal factors that shape an individual's navigation of the world with disability, including identity development and individual understandings of impairment, inaccessibility, community participation, and disability activism and culture. Gain knowledge about disability history, current issues in disability communities, and local and national disability groups that support community connection and activism.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: RP & SE 100 Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of how historical, contextual and societal factors interact to shape an individual's experience with disability. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical and empirical perspective on disability identity, community, and culture. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify attitudinal and environmental barriers related to disability and corresponding strategies, policies and practices to address these barriers, through listening to self-advocates. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use discussion to articulate, learn, revise, and expand ideas related to disability community and culture. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of how historical, contextual and societal factors interact to shape an individual's experience with disability. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical and empirical perspective on disability identity, community, and culture. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify attitudinal and environmental barriers related to disability and corresponding strategies, policies and practices to address these barriers, through listening to self-advocates. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Use discussion to articulate, learn, revise, and expand ideas related to disability community and culture. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027