Unit on Ableism - Campus Activism

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Handout 1: STEREOTYPES of people with disabilitiesFor the stereotypical figures of people with disabilities listed below, fill in the chart answeringeach question with as many answers as you can. Complete as many “figures” as time allows.Stereotypicalfigure“Freak”“Monster”Poster childHelpless victimHeroicovercomer oftheir disability“Little person”“Giant”“Obese”“Anorexic”Mental patient“Humpbacked”“Leper”“Lame”“Idiot”/“moron”“Retard”Person withAIDS“Druggie”Other…Othernames orputdownsappliedto thisfigureExamples frompopular culture,history, movies, TV,books, comics,videogames, and soforthMessage about whothis person is/feelingthat you’re supposedto have when you seethis figureHow this affectsactual peoplewith disabilities<strong>Unit</strong> on Ableism14
Handout 2: VIOLENCE against people with disabilitiesUsing the chart below, make a chart on butcher paper of how people with the different kinds ofdisabilities listed in the word map might experience violence⎯restraints on movement;medication against their will; involuntary incarceration or segregation; physical emotional orsexual violence; neglect; “pulling the plug” and other forms. Think of and write up as manyanswers as you can in the time allowed.Disability Violence How this affects people withdisabilitiesPeople with physicaldisabilities, e.g.BlindDeafWheel chairedBirth defectsand othersPeople identified withmental/emotionaldisabilities, e.g.Learning disabled“Special ed”“Mental problems”and others<strong>Unit</strong> on Ableism15
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