Please read at least two articles (besides the one that you submitted). We'll talk about these articles in class on Wendesday, November 28th (along with the film Murderball).
I'll continue to update this page as articles come in. The assignment is pasted at the bottom of the page, beneath the stories.
Robotics for stroke victims: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/14/health/exoskeleton-stroke-rehab/?iref=obinsite
Drug trial for Alzheimer's drug: http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/17/new-drug-trial-aims-to-prevent-alzheimers-before-it-starts/
"Can Disability be Sexy?": http://theenablist.blogspot.com/2012/10/can-disability-be-sexy.html
Challenges of dating and sexuality for those with disabilities: http://www.theprovince.com/mobile/news/top-stories/Overcoming+barriers+Dating+daunting+youth+with+disabilities/7583853/story.html
NYT Op-Ed "The Disability Trap": http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/sunday-review/the-trap-of-supplemental-security-income.html?_r=1&
Texas executes a mentally disabled man: http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/wils-a08.shtml
ABC's of Accomodations (accommodations for the disabled in college): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/guide-to-accommodations-for-college-students-with-disabilities.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1353534785-X2ytvd91qhnVldUMhRskZQ
Judge to decide whether a disabled woman can or should get an abortion: www.care2.com/causes/abortion-disabled-woman-judge-decide.html
Dyslexia: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-upside-of-dyslexia.html?_r=0
Autistic middle schooler fights to go to his local school: http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2012/11/14/autistic-tampa-student-will-attend-his-neighborhood-middle-school/
Navigating Love and Autism: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/navigating-love-and-autism.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Autism: Stress Levels for Mothers of Autistic Children: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2009/11/10/autism-moms-stress/6121/
Kid with Down Syndrome gets modeling gig: http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/01/09/boy-modeling-big-time/14729/
Don't Label People with Downs Syndrome: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/16/opinion/perry-down-syndrome/index.html?iref=allsearch
Cerebral Palsy and a dancer: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/arts/dance/25palsy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
School bans girl with Cerebral Palsy from using her walker: http://moms.today.com/_news/2012/03/29/10910817-school-bans-girl-with-cerebral-palsy-from-using-walker and follow-up story here: http://main.montgomerycountypolicereporter.com/?p=42470
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Assignment info:
Disability in Literature Online Assignment for November 21st
I’ve cancelled class for Wednesday, November 21st (the Wednesday before Thanksgiving). In place of our regular class, I’m asking you to find a current/recent article that relates to issues of disability, and to write a page or so about the article and its significance to disability issues and our class. You will submit your assignment and your response paper online via e-mail by our usual class time. You are welcome to turn this assignment in early.
Once everyone in the class has sent their article links, I’ll create a new page at the course website with the articles. I’ll send out a link to the URL via the UML ISIS e-mail system (so be sure to check your UML e-mail). Everyone should take a look at two of the articles submitted by your classmates. I imagine there will be some repetition (and that’s not a problem). We will spend part of class when we return (Wednesday, November 28th) talking about these articles (in addition to what’s already on the syllabus – the film, Murderball). You do not have to read all of the articles; the plan is that everyone will have read at least three total (their own plus two discovered by other students) so that we can talk a bit about the current state of disability issues in popular culture and the news.
Here’s what you need to do by November 21st:
1) Find a recent article that interests you that is related to disability issues.
Possible topics (these are not meant to limit you – e-mail me if you have questions!:
· A specific disability
· A new treatment for a specific disability
· A profile of a person with a particular disability
· Legal cases/issues related to a disability or disability in general
Places you might look (again, not meant to limit; just suggestions):
General news websites, such as CNN or the New York Times: just do a search on the sites for disability or for a specific issue that interests you
You might also look to some other Disability news sources:
o Disability Scoop (on Developmental Disabilities) http://www.disabilityscoop.com/
o Disability.gov (USA): https://www.disability.gov/news/list
o Disabled-World (Canada): http://www.disabled-world.com/
2) Write up about 1 - 2 pages about the article. Here are some questions that you might address (Please note, you don’t have to address all of these; they are just suggestions!)
· Why is this article important?
· Why did you choose it?
· What does it tell us about the status of disability?
· How does it connect to the course (or not!)?
· What new issues does this raise?
· What follow-up questions might you ask the class about issues raised in this article?
· How did you find it?
· Why did it catch your attention?
3) Send me an e-mail by 10:45am on Wednesday, November 21st. It should include:
· The title of the article and the source (for instance “New Technology for the Blind,” from The New York Times)
· A working link to the article (if this is difficult, see if the site will let you “e-mail this article to a friend” or something like that)
· Your 1-2 pages about the article. I would prefer to have your write-up included within the body of the e-mail, so if you write it up in Word (or another program), just copy and paste your text right into the body of the e-mail message.
4) Look for an e-mail from me (to your UML/ISIS e-mail address) listing a link to the news articles; please follow at least two links on that site to read the articles your peers have sent. We’ll discuss them in class on Wednesday, November 28th.