残疾研究文学士

作为跨学科计划的一部分，残疾研究（DS）创造了一个空间，可以重新思考传统的医学方法，以想象残疾，心理健康和相关的社会机构，并使用文科视角探索各种可能但鲜为人知的含义。我们将残疾问题置于当代，跨学科的辩论和研究与政策发展之中，说明这些关切如何触及我们在不同领域的所有生活：权利，家庭，获取，包容，体育，教育，青年，工作场所，艺术，战争，老龄化，文化和机动性。通过对日常生活案例的分析，我们重新构造了一种普遍的观念，即需要修复或治愈的是残疾，而是着眼于适应社会，政策和建筑环境的方式
In the Disability Studies (DS) department, we walk with students through rethinking and reimagining disability. We share cases of successful inclusion and supports that broaden the role of disabled people and the upside potential of welcoming this diversity. We use stimulating social science and humanities’ lenses to critique the common perception that it is the disability that needs to be fixed or cured, or even that there is any “hard line” of “who is disabled.” We show instead how systemic ableism winds up making curriculum, policy and laws exclusionary – and why that is a collective loss for us all.We use inquiry-based learning to teach students how to think through and analyze complex social and economic issues. Students can apply those theories to analysis of everyday cases from social media, news, business, and schools, and are prepared to confront and transform those kinds of real-world challenges when they walk out the door.