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exeRcise 17.1: what does it Mean to experience Multiple discriminati<strong>on</strong>?<br />

objective: To understand the effects of multiple discriminati<strong>on</strong><br />

Time: 60 minutes<br />

Materials: Slips of paper and pencils<br />

1. brainstorm:<br />

Ask the group to list types of disabilities with which they are familiar (e.g., people with physical,<br />

sensory, learning, intellectual, and psycho-social disabilities). List these and have these written<br />

<strong>on</strong> separate slips of paper. Collect these slips in a c<strong>on</strong>tainer.<br />

Next, ask the participants to name the groups in their community who experience<br />

discriminati<strong>on</strong> (e.g., religious and racial minorities, indigenous people, immigrants and<br />

migrants, people of color, poor people, people with HIV/AIDS). List these and have them<br />

written <strong>on</strong> a slip of paper. Collect these slips in another c<strong>on</strong>tainer.<br />

2. imagine/discuss:<br />

Divide participants into small groups. Explain that each group will imagine a pers<strong>on</strong> with certain<br />

characteristics that they will choose at random, starting with that pers<strong>on</strong>’s disability. Ask each<br />

group to draw a slip from the c<strong>on</strong>tainer c<strong>on</strong>taining types of disabilities and discuss what kinds<br />

of discriminati<strong>on</strong> based <strong>on</strong> that disability their imagined pers<strong>on</strong> might face.<br />

3. imagine/discuss:<br />

After about five minutes, announce that in additi<strong>on</strong> to having a disability, this pers<strong>on</strong> also has<br />

another characteristic that results in discriminati<strong>on</strong>. Have each group draw a slip from the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>tainer with names of groups. Ask them to imagine and discuss what additi<strong>on</strong>al discriminati<strong>on</strong><br />

this pers<strong>on</strong> might now face.<br />

4. imagine/discuss:<br />

After another five minutes, announce that this pers<strong>on</strong> has another characteristic that<br />

causes discriminati<strong>on</strong> and have each group draw a sec<strong>on</strong>d slip from the c<strong>on</strong>tainer of group<br />

characteristics. Ask them to imagine and discuss what additi<strong>on</strong>al discriminati<strong>on</strong> this pers<strong>on</strong><br />

might now face.<br />

5. discuss:<br />

Bring participants back together and ask a spokespers<strong>on</strong> from each group to “introduce” the<br />

pers<strong>on</strong> they have imagined and describe the multiple layers of discriminati<strong>on</strong> that pers<strong>on</strong> might<br />

face.<br />

6. discuss/strategize:<br />

Discuss what steps might be taken to end the kinds of discriminati<strong>on</strong> these imaginary pers<strong>on</strong>s<br />

face asking questi<strong>on</strong>s like these:<br />

• Are some kinds of discriminati<strong>on</strong> harder to address than others? Which <strong>on</strong>es? Why?<br />

• Are some kinds of discriminati<strong>on</strong> more harmful or painful than others?<br />

• Do some kinds of discriminati<strong>on</strong> have more far-reaching effects than others?<br />

• What can be d<strong>on</strong>e to address multiple forms of discriminati<strong>on</strong> experienced by people<br />

with disabilities?<br />

PART 2: The c<strong>on</strong>venTi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> The RighTs of PeRs<strong>on</strong>s wiTh disAbiliTies<br />

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