CDIS 239: Introduction To Disability Studies

3 credits

Spring 2025 Lecture Lower DivisionJEDI
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Introduces students to the principles of and debates within disability studies. Topics explored include ideas of normalcy; the social model of disability; history of eugenics and its current manifestations; relations between disability and other identity categories; issues of social and physical access; cultural representations of disabled people.

Learning Outcomes

1Identify different models of understanding disability.

2Understand the ways normalcy is socially constructed.

3Distinguish between impairment and disability.

4Offer informed opinions on current eugenic practices.

5Compare and contrast disability to other identity categories such as race, gender, and sexuality.

6Identify exclusionary practices that marginalize disabled people.

Course CDIS 239 from Purdue University - West Lafayette.

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Rua Mae Williams

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Rua Mae Williams

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