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05 Apr 2018

Many airlines do not support people who may have disabilities

The video does not use have first person language

In the video christopher wood he is trying to get the airlines to provide wheelchair accessibility on their airplanes

Even though the video displayed some challenges that someone with a disability might face while traveling by air. They never used first person language and many times the people were identified by their disability not who they are. An example of this is “problems disabled face when they fly”

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3 Apr 2018

Many people are often discriminated because of their disability so they are not able to get a job

Many employers do not realize what great employees that many people with exceptionali can offer to them

Many people with exceptionality have very good skills in certain areas

This happens quite often i assumed because many employers are afraid that the job might be to hard for them or there are simply not up for the task. I am worried because if this stigma there are many people that could have been easily be employed but because of it the unemployment rate is much higher.

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I could be taken from my home': why disabled people once again fear being 'warehoused https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/27/disabled-people-independent-living-care-homes

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I could be taken from my home': why disabled people once again fear being 'warehoused https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/27/disabled-people-independent-living-care-homes

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27 Mar 2018

The government seems to be cutting costs in health sectors to save money so it is not affecting people who have medical needs

People are now worries that the government might force many people with medical needs in group homes

There are slowly cutting costs for people for independent living slowly so that they are forced to go to health care homes.

This can lead to people to be put in institutions outside towns where they are isolated.

I am somewhat concerned about what this article is talking about because I know in the past that they did this. The article does a good job in portraying the people that may be running into problems with care and it really shows that every person is unique especially with there needs. The only problem this article in my opinion seems to suffer is using first person language but after looking though a few articles this seems to be a common occurrence in most media

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March 21, 2018

When thinking about children with exceptionalities many people don’t realize that the children may have siblings that is also being affected.

Many siblings of the child with the exceptionality is often neglected but not on purpose the parents that have child all the attention i just more focused.

The siblings often times will regress and act much more younger than they are because they are trying to get the attention of here parents

Do not force a child into the caregiver role as this can cause more anxiety and this can cause the sibling t dislike them even more. This should be willing never forced or pushed upon.

What surprised me most of this article is that i never really thought about the siblings of the child specifically and not just the family as a whole. Many people do not realize that the sibling may not be getting as much attention as they would need. This can cause some problems between the child with the exceptionality and the sibling the sibling might start to resent and that many parents will often force the older sister into the caregiver without realizing that its causing more problems.

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Winter Paralympics: The explosion that got me to the Parashttp://www.bbc.com/news/disability-42890428

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Winter Paralympics: The explosion that got me to the Parashttp://www.bbc.com/news/disability-42890428

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16 March 2018

He was a military person who got injured and this caused him lose his leg after the injury people started to treat him differently at the military he always got work that did not require him to be in the field.

He opted for the surgery which would not require amputation but after awhile he decided it was better to just get amputated

It brought some big changes after the surgery he realized the military was not for him anymore and decided to snowboard.

When he raced for the best time he came second and during that the Paralympics GB team saw him and wanted him to join his team

He went to 2017 Para Snowboard World Championships in Big White, and he got the silver medal for banked slalom

I liked this article because even though he had a injury it doesn't mean he can not live a meaningful life and according to him the injury actually gave him the opportunity to become a professional snowboarder and compete in the Paralympics.

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Hawking: Did he change views on disability?http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43399921  

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Hawking: Did he change views on disability?http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43399921  

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14 March 2018

The article talks about how stephen hawking destroyed many misconceptions about people with a disability

The article tries to be positive showing how stephen hawking was a great inspiration to many people

The article is focusing on what stephen hawking has said in the past that he tried to give inspiration to others

The article surprised me about talking about what if more then once for example it said” how much he would have achieved if he was disabled from birth rather than after graduating with a first at Oxford.” this was a bit out of place

I do like the article but where are a few problems it has even though it talks about some of the challenges stephen hawking has faced it talked about what if’s. Even though the article tries to be inspirationalinal often times they will not use first person language when referring to someone and many times focus on their disability instead of the epron themselves.

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Liz’s humanity ( chromosome 18 deletion) https://youtu.be/ettsi6wDbOw

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Liz’s humanity ( chromosome 18 deletion) https://youtu.be/ettsi6wDbOw

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Jul 16, 2017

In the video Liz emphasizes that she wants people to ask questions when talking to her

If the person does not understand her she will try again and again to repeat

The message is a positive one because she tries to explain that she is a normal person just like any other person you would meet in you life time.

This one is one of the few where they use first person language and the person in the video is not being identified by their disability and actually focus on the person themselves like for example what their personality what makes a person. The message they are focusing on is that you should treat everyone with how you would Normally treat another person as an equal and not segregate from other people or ignore them.

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Why has Japan’s massacre of disabled gone unnoticed? For answers, look to the past https://theconversation.com/why-has-japans-massacre-of-disabled-gone-unnoticed-for-answers-look-to-the-past-64201                                

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August 29, 2016

There was a massacre in japan where the target were people with disabilities.

19 people were killed and there were 26 other injured

There was very little media coverage of this event it seemed to fade out almost immediately form the news cycle

There is stigma in japan where if you are not able to work you are casted out of society and often will be segregated.

When i found this article i was horrified to find that many people were killed. The people who were killed and injured went unnoticed in japan. The main reason i think is because in the article it tells that segrating people in japan is quite common espcall for people who have a disability. This i think caused them to not reach the news because of the long history of stigma toward people with a disability. The problem it may be a long road since this kind of stigma is routed in history so change may be very slow.

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Cameron, K. (2018, April 5). Module 9. Lecture.
Cameron, K. (2018, April 3). Module 2. Lecture.
Cameron, K. (2018, April 5). Module 3. Lecture.
Cameron, K. (2018, April 2). Module 7. Lecture.

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Feb 18, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkcakBySs18

This is a video that follows Ruby throughout her day, within this video we follow Ruby through her daily life and see what she experiences through a typical day. Ruby has Stromme syndrome and is 1 of 12 cases known around the world. The day of Ruby shows her and her social interactions with her peers and best friend Avery, it shows how the interactions with mainstream students build up her social skills and allows has tought her how to communicate her needs and wants better, this is shown when they are interviewing Ruby and she says all she wants is for people to sit with her she then goes on to share how Avery is her best friend because she sits with her and stays by her side. Through out the Day walk through the videos takes time to interview some of the staff that works with her and her mother, within the quick little interviews you get a better insight on some of the other activities that Ruby may do that has helped her grow. What I found most interesting about this video was how happy Ruby was by just having a friend sitting with her, this made me stop and think about all the small thing in my life that i should be grateful for.

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Disabled Man Offered Euthanasia Instead of Medical Care and Treatment

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Disabled Man Offered Euthanasia Instead of Medical Care and Treatment

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http://www.lifenews.com/2018/04/02/disabled-man-offered-euthanasia-instead-of-medical-care-and-treatment/
This article written by Alex Shadenberg is a very touchy subject and relates clearly with the content from Module nine; Euthanasia Right to Live or Die. Although they are not taking away , but they are not offering the man Foley in the article assisted living or life support. “Foley, who lives with cerebellar ataxia, a degenerative neurological condition, requires home care for independent living. Foley was turned down by the government for Self-Directed Personal Support” (Shadenberg, 2018). Instead of Foley being offered the proper support that he needs to continue living he was offered euthanasia, when he in no way wanted to die. From the week nine lesson we learned some of the laws and regulations against Euthanasia, and the one point is “has a grievous and irremediable medical condition (including an illness, disease or disability) that causes enduring suffering that is intolerable to the individual in the circumstances of his or her condition” (Cameron, 2018). Yes, Foley has a severe medical condition, but in no was is it intolerable for him as he chooses to live. Through the course we learned about people’s rights to live or die. And discrimination that people feel from others and the labels and stereotypes that people put on them. Foley was fine with living with his disability, but the doctors and government felt he was an ‘object of pity’ and wanted to put him out of his misery that they imagined he was going through. You could also look at this situation as an ‘object of burden’. Foley was denied the support from the government.

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A few weeks ago, CTV news reported that Roger Foley, from London, Ontario, launched a lawsuit stating that he was offered euthanasia (MAiD) but he was not being offered assisted life.

Foley, who lives with cerebellar ataxia, a degenerative neurological condition, requires home care for independent living. Foley was turned down by the government for Self-Directed Personal Support.

Last week Lighthouse News interviewed me about the Foley case. Here is what I said:

Foley is not in any way asking (for) or wanting Medical Assistance in Dying. What he wants is assistance in living.

What happened is that he was living in his apartment, and ...had problems with inappropriate things happening to him that actually had him put back in the hospital. So because he's in this situation, he's unable to leave the hospital until as he says "I can be assured that I have proper care in the home."

The program is called "Self-Directed Personal Support Services Ontario." And it does exist, but the government turned him down for that.

So what does the Foley's case state:

he's making the argument "What if I want to live, and I'm not receiving the services that make it possible to enable me to live? And yet, they're offering me assisted death. So they are offering me the "choice" of assisted death, or languishing in a hospital without the type of care that I would rather have."

I then commented on the similarities with the Candice Lewis experience:

What's also interesting is to bring this back to what happened to Candice Lewis in Newfoundland. Just to remind you, in 2016, soon after euthanasia was legalized in Canada, Candace was in hospital in Newfoundland. She was very sick; she was only 25 years old, but she was born with multiple disabilities, and the doctor was pressuring her and her family for euthanasia; so much so that the mother went to the CBC News.

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We have interviews with her through our social media and she is better now. But the fact is that this is the same sort of idea. You're pressured towards euthanasia, and you're not interested in euthanasia; what you want is the treatment and the care to allow you to get better.

The Foley and Lewis cases don't surprise me. People are being pressured to euthanasia or denied the care that they need to live because Canada decided that it is acceptable to kill people at the most vulnerable time of their lives. There will always be some abuse of the law.

People who are living with vulnerable conditions need protection not lethal injection.
LifeNews.com Note: Alex Schadenberg is the executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition and you can read his blog here.

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Disabled Man Offered Euthanasia Instead of Medical Care and Treatment

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A few weeks ago, CTV news reported that Roger Foley, from London, Ontario, launched a lawsuit stating that he was offered euthanasia (MAiD) but he was not being offered assisted life. Foley, who lives with cerebellar ataxia, a degenerative neurological condition, requires home care for independent living.

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Meet the woman using Instagram to show the truth of what disability looks like — and self-love too 

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https://mic.com/articles/188659/meet-the-woman-using-instagram-to-show-the-truth-of-what-disability-looks-like-and-self-love-too#.K2v187Y5S
This article written by Rachel Lubitz is an article about a woman who posts photos on Instagram that show the truth about disability and what it really looks like. This Article relates clearly to the lesson from week about sexuality and body image. “Ideals of beauty: The able-bodied values and privileges are focused on the “able” body, disabled body set as opposites” (Cameron, 2018). The ideal image that people perceive is this carbon copy of beauty that you see in the magazines and on the television. What this young girl is showing the world is that you don’t have to be a carbon copy and that everyone is different and should embrace who they are. “The media infrequently includes persons with disabilities in beauty/body image advertisements” (Cameron, 2018). This article is showing the true beauty of disability and there is no filtering on the images or manipulation. From module two with role perceptions, this article also shows ‘Subhuman organism’ role and how people normally don’t post these photos for fear of being ridiculed, but this woman is empowering the disability community and showing the real raw truth.

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When Imogen May first created her Instagram account, which is now called @the_feeding_of_the_fox and has more than 33,000 followers, it wasn't anything like it is now.

That's due in part because she had a very different view of herself than she does now. Deeply unhappy with her physical health, what she ended up creating was an account almost entirely focused on weight loss, with followers who she felt were just following to see how she was shrinking her body.

"Little did they know I was drowning in an eating disorder with no idea how to get out," May said in an interview.

Once she realized how she had been adding her voice to this culture of people wanting to shrink their bodies in perhaps unhealthy ways, and actively encouraging people to change their own bodies, she wanted to amend those wrongs and instead talk about the truths of living as herself, a woman who has a genetic impairment and is on a journey to self love.

Over a period of about three months, her account changed completely, shifting the focus from weight loss to, as she said, "radical body politics."

"I think the wonderful thing about Instagram is that, with some searching, you can find bodies that represent all kinds of cultures and lives," May said. "For me, opening that window into 'otherness' was the key to healing my own battles with feeling on the edges of society."

Disability is one of those pockets within the body positivity movement that doesn't get a ton of attention. Although some body-positive fashion campaigns have sprung up that include people with disabilities, like for the lingerie brand Curvy Kate, it's still rare to see someone within the body positive community on Instagram talking explicitly and unabashedly about disability as well as self-love and appreciation, which is what body positivity is really about.

For representation's sake, May, who lives in Bristol in the U.K., is changing that.

"I want to see all kinds bodies and hear all kinds of voices, I want the focus to be on what they want me to know about them," May said. "I want there to be genuine representation of disabled people that shows us in the myriad of ways we present with the various different things we wish to discuss."

Instagram just happens to be a perfect platform for this to be done, with visuals shown first and space to spread a genuine message or share a story. People with disabilities, when they post selfies or divulge their own feelings about what they're going through, can normalize their disabilities and come to the conclusion that different bodies aren't anything extraordinary.

"So many people live in fear of their bodies, unsure how to feel about them, never having seen anything that looks similar to them their whole lives," May said. "Instagram offers us a platform to change that and open the eyes of people who've never come across impairment before."

With lengthy captions that dig deep into May's own feelings on disability and her body, May, who has as well, has seen a rising community for people with disabilities on Instagram. This offers them a chance to share their realities and struggles all at once, as well as a place to connect, sometimes with a mere picture.

"It doesn't matter if you're still in your PJs with throw up in your hair, you're able to chat with your friends and receive support with genuine understanding and without judgment," May said. "For some disabled people, sharing the details of their impairment and the realities of their lives feels empowering, so non-disabled people get an idea of the additional difficulties we face on top of all the political stuff."

Already in the span of nearly two years of being open about disability on Instagram, she knows she's had an effect not only on the people who follow her, but the people orbiting around her own followers as well.

"For me, the messages that stand out come from medics who have changed their practice in order to make it more accessible to both disabled people and fat people, who both have an extremely difficult time accessing appropriate medical treatment," May said. "Whilst they might not be as heartwarming as the messages from people having personal breakthroughs, I know that these changes will go on to impact potentially thousands of people over the practitioners' careers. That absolutely thrills the activist in me."

"It felt like it took forever to feel in a place I felt comfortable," May admitted. "Slowly, though, I climbed to where I am now."

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Meet the woman using Instagram to show the truth of what disability looks like and empower women like her

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When Imogen May first created her Instagram account, which is now called @the_feeding_of_the_fox and has more than 33,000 followers, it wasn't anything like it is now. That's due in part because she had a very different view of herself than she does now.

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 Disabled women see #MeToo and think: what about us?

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March 8, 2018
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/08/disabled-people-metoo-womens-movement-inclusion-diversity
This article written by Anne Wafula Strike is very current with what is happening in the world, but also with what we have learned throughout our program. This article talks about how people who have disabilities are excluded in the community, and are left out of movements, but also with the lesson we did about sex and disability. The #Metoo movement is a women’s movement for women who have been assaulted. Unfortunately, the members of the community with a disability are not being included in the movement. “83% of “developmentally disabled” women, and 32% of developmentally “disabled men” are victims of sexual abuse” (Cameron, 2018), “40% of women with disabilities had been raped, abused, assaulted in a survey of 250 women” (Cameron, 2018). These statistics that we learned about in class clearly show how frequently women who have disabilities are abused, assaulted and raped. With these statistics, why aren’t these women allowed to speak up? I feel again that it could be the role perceptions playing a part in the outcome. The role perception I see is ‘Holy innocent, and eternal child’.

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Disabled women are still struggling to find our place in the women's movement - and high-profile campaigns such as #MeToo are a reminder of what a long way there is to go before we can say that our voices are being heard.

Most things about disabled women's lives remain shrouded in taboo - our sexuality above all. In many African cultures, in particular, women with disabilities are still not respected, even by their families, and there are huge issues when it comes to disabled women taking over or inheriting family wealth.

I don't want to bash feminism, or the women's movement, or campaigners in Hollywood or anywhere else. But I do want activists to pay more attention to the challenges disabled women face.

As a black, disabled woman, I was looked down on and marginalised back in my hometown in Kenya. Because I couldn't perform the chores expected of many women, such as collecting water and firewood, I was disqualified and felt that I didn't have a voice. Some people thought my disability was a curse from God, others thought it was witchcraft. Many people told my parents that I would amount to nothing. I count myself very lucky that they wanted the best for me and believed in me, despite what friends and family said.

At the moment when we talk about diversity, we are mainly referring to race and sexuality, while disability is left out

Women with disabilities all over the world are trying to push forward, as I did, but it's hard when campaigning is still so focused on rights and opportunities for able-bodied women. The lack of disabled role models is a serious problem. For example, in the recent commemorations of the centenary of women's suffrage, Rosa May Billinghurst, known as the "cripple suffragette", barely featured. Similarly, when we talk about gender and inequality, for example the pay gap, we are still predominantly talking about able-bodied women.

Meanwhile, abuse of disabled women remains widespread in many parts of the world, including women with learning difficulties who may find it difficult to articulate their experiences, or be disbelieved when they try.

In the UK we need more, and better, representation of people with different abilities, from all backgrounds. At the moment when we talk about diversity, we are mainly referring to race and sexuality, while disability is left out. We should use the women's movement in the UK to redefine what inclusion means. If we look at the fashion industry, for example, how many women with disabilities ever have the opportunity to appear in magazines or on catwalks? A short film about a deaf girl, The Silent Child, won an Oscar on Sunday, but how many dramas or biographies about women with disabilities do we see? In a truly inclusive society, it would be the norm to see women with disabilities represented and integrated in all areas - in the media, politics, engineering, medicine. Ultimately we are just as capable and willing as able-bodied women.

As disabled women, we are constantly having to validate our existence, which is frustrating and exhausting. It often feels as though every box is ticked while we, disabled women, are left blank. But while there are still people who look for reasons why inclusion isn't achievable, others are going out of their way to make it a reality. Attitudes are slowly beginning to change. It might not be easy to redefine inclusion so that disabled women, too, can find their place in the world, but if we are serious in our aspiration to leave no one behind, then it must be done.

* Anne Wafula Strike is a British Paralympic wheelchair racer and an ambassador for ADD International
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Disabled women are still struggling to find our place in the women's movement - and high-profile campaigns such as #MeToo are a reminder of what a long way there is to go before we can say that our voices are being heard. Most things about disabled women's lives remain shrouded in taboo - our sexuality above all.

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Inclusive Screenings: Chennai Hosts Film Festival on Love, Desire and Disability 

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March 5, 2018
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/inclusive-screenings-chennai-hosts-film-festival-love-desire-and-disability-77448
This article is about the perceptions that people have on people who have disabilities relating to sexuality and love.” People with disabilities are rarely considered to have sexual feelings and the film festival sought to address that misconception”. This article shows that people aren’t portraying people who have disabilities fairly in media and news. They aren’t seen to have sexual desires and proper relationships. This relates to the lessons we learned about stereotypes, perceptions and the sex and beauty lessons.

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"People with disability are considered to not have any sexual urges - almost asexual. Why do we exclude them while discussing sexuality?" begins Amba Salelkar who heads the Chennai-based organisation 'Equals, Centre for Promotion of Social Justice'.

We are at the 'Skin Stories: Love. Desire. Disability', an inclusive film screening event that seeks to dispel the fog and the insensitive assumptions surrounding disability and sexuality. The festival begins with This is Normal, a 20-minute short film directed by Justin Giddings and Ryan Welsh, that shows a hearing-impaired woman and her choice to undergo an experimental medical procedure. How this affects her and those around her forms the crux of the story. A number of eager faces walk into the theatre, some are guided and a few others manoeuvre their wheelchairs up the ramp.

The day-long film festival was held at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Chennai on March 3. Conceived and spearheaded by Mumbai-based Point of View, an organisation that builds and amplifies the voices of women with disability, the festival in Chennai was the replication of a similar festival that was held in Mumbai this February.

The foundation for this initiative, however, was laid in 2016 at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) when Point of View collaborated with MIFF to play a film, Tuhi Mera Sunday, with live audio description. Srinidhi Raghavan, Senior Researcher and Trainer at Point of View, says that the idea was to allow persons with visual impairment to enjoy films. "We also had subtitles for those with hearing impairment and the same was done again the next year for Ektara Collective's Turup. We are hoping to keep such spaces accessible," she says.

Point of View had curated a set of films that touch upon disability and sexuality. The festival in Mumbai was a longer version of the one in Chennai. "Chennai, with its love for cinema and its vibrant disability sector, was the ideal choice to feature this festival next," explains Amba.

The festival's Chennai edition had two sessions and screened four films while accommodating two panel discussions. "120 people had registered for the event which was very encouraging for us. While a few couldn't make it, a lot of them want us to do this again," says Amba.

Unrest, a documentary shot by Jennifer Brea on her life following the diagnosis of M.E. (commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), Awake a 22-minute existential comedy directed by Michael Actman featuring two blind women and The Sessions, a 2012 feature film that threw open a whole new debate of sexual surrogacy and the importance of it, were the films screened in Chennai.

L to R: Dr Aiswarya Rao, Poonam Natarajan and Nidhi Goyal | Picture Courtesy: Facebook/ Point of View

The panel discussions at the end of the sessions had experts talking about 'gender roles, chronic illnesses and mental health' and 'the importance of a sexual surrogate' (a person who initiates sexual experience for someone with disability).

Dr Aiswarya Rao, who runs a shelter for women, says that women with disability are very open when it comes to talking about sexuality. "I've been working in the area of sexuality for over 19 years and in my experience, I have found that women have never considered sexuality a taboo. In fact, they've been very eager to discuss, given a platform."

She goes on to add that while men have a lot of misconceptions when it comes to sex, women are far more invested and inquisitive. "Sexuality comes with responsibility for women. Every event of sexual encounter is a risk taking for women - inside or outside of a marriage. In order to keep them well informed, we've been conducting a number of programmes in places like Kancheepuram, Madurai, Trichy, etc," she says.

The basic needs of persons with disability are often overseen. That being the case, a platform to encourage a healthy sexual dialogue for those with disability is a welcome move. "While movements such as Me Too are encouraging, women with disability are left out of this discussion. If you're a middle-aged woman, there are people who ask you about marriage but the same does not apply to someone with disability. People are often doubtful if someone with disability can have a normal sex life," says Amba.

"We've got a lot of encouragement from parents who have questions on their child reaching puberty and how to handle their sexual urges in a healthy way. We want to show sex-positive stories that could encourage a healthy dialogue among people," says Amba.

Nidhi Goyal who heads the Sexuality and Disability Program at Point of View says that the idea of such initiatives is to extend the reach of their programme to the grassroots. "These are intimate and personal conversations and a woman with disability does not live in isolation. We hope to change the environment in which a disabled woman lives," she says.

Nidhi goes on to add that mainstream Indian cinema hasn't had any film address the disability and sexuality conversation (with the exclusion of Margarita with a Straw). "And by sexuality conversations, I don't mean that we have to show someone with disability as very desperate. Longing is a form of sexuality which we show so openly in our films but why do we make a big deal out of disability and sexuality? Because the problem is calling it sexuality and engaging it with disability. Mainstream cinema does not have to think about it as a disability story. We have to make a film on love and make the character disabled. That has to change."

So how is the response for this initiative so far?

"Even without disability, people hesitate when talking about sexuality and sex. Even though we can see that it's starting, it's not translating into policies. What kind of sex education are we making available in special schools or what kind of conversations are parents having with their children with disabilities? Are we encouraging people with disabilities to date? Although it is mostly among privileged groups, we can see that the dialogue has started," says Amba.

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"People with disability are considered to not have any sexual urges - almost asexual. Why do we exclude them while discussing sexuality?" begins Amba Salelkar who heads the Chennai-based organisation 'Equals, Centre for Promotion of Social Justice'. We are at the 'Skin Stories: Love. Desire.

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How 'The Shape Of Water' Makes People With Disabilities Feel Less Human

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How 'The Shape Of Water' Makes People With Disabilities Feel Less Human

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March 1, 2018
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/shape-of-water-offensive-to-people-with-disabilities_us_5a8b798de4b0a1d0e12c48fc
This article is about the movie Shape of Water and how it has a negative affect on the perceptions people who have disabilities have on themselves. This article has not person first language when it says “ Disabled people” that we learned about in our program. This article also relates very strongly to the content about stereotypes, role perceptions, and beauty and self image.

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for "The Shape of Water."
Elsa Sjunneson-Henry was psyched when she heard about Guillermo del Toro's " The Shape of Water."

As a speculative fiction author and editor who is legally blind and deaf, Sjunneson-Henry couldn't wait to see a science fiction film featuring a protagonist with a disability.

"I was super excited to potentially see a movie about a disabled woman as a hero in a genre setting," Sjunneson-Henry told HuffPost.

The film, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture, stars Sally Hawkins as Elisa, a cleaning woman who works at a top-secret government lab in the 1960s. Elisa, who is mute, lives a lonely life despite having two caring friends who are also outsiders - Giles (Richard Jenkins), who is gay, and Zelda (Octavia Spencer), who is black.

But Elisa's life drastically changes when she discovers that the research facility where she works is performing questionable experiments on an aquatic but human-like creature (Doug Jones).

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Sjunneson-Henry thought "The Shape of Water" would be a heist movie, in which Elisa and her ragtag group of underdog friends band together, save the fish man and triumph over injustice.

"I wanted to walk away from that movie feeling like, 'Yay! I got to see a disabled main character have lots of agency and [engage in] a lot of bad ass-ery,'" she said. "But that's not what I got."

What she got instead was a love story in which a character who is disabled falls in love with the Creature from the Black Lagoon because he's the only being she can relate to on a deeper, emotional level.

In a heated scene in which Elisa explains why rescuing the Amphibian Man (as the character is listed on IMDb) is so important to her, she says that the creature "does not know what I lack or how I am incomplete. He sees me, for what I am, as I am."

The sentiment is romantic, and is supposed to convey that the creature sees beyond Elisa's physical abilities. Del Toro himself has expressed that this was his intention. But Sjunneson-Henry poignantly writes how this sentiment makes some people with disabilities "feel less human," in her essay, "I Belong Where the People Are."

On the one hand I have always known in my soul that [able-bodied] people see me as half of them, that they see me as less than whole. Which is why I hate that in media such as this, we can only be desired by those who don't know any better. Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, a speculative fiction author and editor who is disabled

"On the one hand I have always known in my soul that [able-bodied] people see me as half of them, that they see me as less than whole," she wrote. "Which is why I hate that in media such as this, we can only be desired by those who don't know any better."

The problem with this love story may be due, in part, to the fact that there were very few people with disabilities involved in the creation of this film. When HuffPost reached out to Fox Searchlight to ask whether there were any disabled consultants involved in the film, a rep said two ASL coaches were involved during production. And though leading lady Hawkins has dyslexia, she has said publicly that she is " not disabled."

There are also plenty of arguments that could support why this pairing is acceptable.

The movie hits viewers over the head with the message that the real monster in this fable isn't Amphibian Man, but a human - Elisa's boss Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon), a villain hellbent on vivisecting "the asset" (the monster) by any means.

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Both Elisa and her webbed boo are isolated and voiceless, but bond intimately, on their own terms, through the sign language that Elisa teaches him.

Kristen Lopez, a film critic who is physically disabled, argues in a piece titled "How 'Shape of Water' Breaks Down Barriers About Sex and Disability" that placing an openly sexual disabled woman at the forefront of a mainstream Hollywood film is a pretty revolutionary move.

Lopez points out that women with disabilities are often characterized as unattractive and asexual. Yet, in the first few moments of the film, we see Elisa masturbating in her bathtub, which "removes the presumed barriers that separate people with disabilities from the able-bodied."

Other scenes in the movie are relatable to those with disabilities as well.

In another scene, the able-bodied Strickland sexually harasses Elisa, which he perceives not as misconduct but a compliment, "since in his mind, he is the only one who perceives Elisa in a sexual context," Lopez writes. It is a power dynamic that Sjunneson-Henry has experienced in her own life and said the movie portrayed well.

But though she related to the sexual harassment scene, Sjunneson-Henry told HuffPost she didn't "feel great" about the movie as a whole.

That's because the ending of the film and its final message is one that even Lopez, in her article, admits "undermines the film's treatment of disability."

For instance, in one scene, the audience learns that Elisa became mute as a baby after experiencing a violent act that left scars on her neck. In another scene, viewers discover that Amphibian Man has special powers after he heals a cut on Giles' arm and cures him of his baldness.

These revelations come full circle at the end of the movie.

During the final climactic scene, Strickland shoots Elisa as she attempts to release her finned boyfriend into a canal so that he can swim back home.

In response to this, Amphibian Man kills Strickland, picks up Elisa's dying body and jumps with her into the canal.

Once in the water, the creature heals Elisa by turning the scars on her neck into gills so that she could live out the rest of her life underwater with him.

The act is supposed to be viewed as romantic, but as Sjunneson-Henry points out, it also tells "disabled people [that they] should go and be with their kind." It also says that if you don't fit into society, it's better that you leave.

Kim Sauder, a Ph.D. student in critical disability studies who is disabled, wrote in her essay "'The Shape of Water' is a Toxic Romantic Fantasy" that the story also tells people with disabilities that finding a romantic partner is a rarity and that they should hold on to whoever chooses them - even if it's a monster.

"It is interesting how closely this conclusion mirrors my own youthful fantasies about romantic relationships (except that I kept my imaginary lovers human)," Sauder wrote. "I often felt like any relationship I might find would be a once in a lifetime opportunity and that we would inevitably end up living a secluded life together because of the discrimination that I faced. Except in the real world, that kind of relationship is a recipe for abuse and I'm glad I grew out of it."

Not to mention that Elisa didn't intend to leave with Amphibian Man. Earlier in the scene, when the creature learns that Elisa intends to set him free, he asks her to come with him and she rejects his offer.

She also had little agency in this decision, being that she was dying and unconscious when her lover turned her into a sea dweller.

Filmmaker and activist Dominick Evans, who has spinal muscular atrophy - a progressive neuromuscular disability - told HuffPost that the message that Elisa needed to be "fixed" or "cured" to have a successful romantic relationship is troubling.

"People think that the creature healed her, so we have non-disabled people thinking that disabled people want or need to be healed," Evans told HuffPost. "And some people do, but when that's the default message, that's a problem. Some of us will never be the non-disabled version of 'healed.' Some of us will never have treatment options that 'cure us.'"

It also reinforces the idea that people with disabilities are second-rate humans - even to those with disabilities themselves.

"I hated myself for being disabled for so long," Evans told HuffPost. "I know other disabled people who have tried to kill themselves because they internalize these messages. They don't go to school, they don't have a relationship, they just sit around waiting to be cured or die."

Some who are able-bodied and fans of the film may argue that it's just a movie, but both Evans and Sjunneson-Henry assert that these kinds of narratives do have real-life consequences.

"It says to us that without being cured, we're not going to be loved or worthwhile to another human being," Evans told HuffPost. "And society absorbs that."

Sjunneson-Henry says that some people have responded to her feelings about the film with anger.

"I would ask people who are angry to think about how angry they would be if they only saw [a few] representations of themselves in film, and one of them involved monster love."

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How 'The Shape Of Water' Makes People With Disabilities Feel Less Human

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for "The Shape of Water." Elsa Sjunneson-Henry was psyched when she heard about Guillermo del Toro's " The Shape of Water." As a speculative fiction author and editor who is legally blind and deaf, Sjunneson-Henry couldn't wait to see a science fiction film featuring a protagonist with a disability.

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‘Autism is vastly over‑diagnosed. It’s the parents’ way out'

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‘Autism is vastly over‑diagnosed. It’s the parents’ way out'

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February, 8, 2018
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/autism-is-vastly-overdiagnosed-its-the-parentswayout-xzwlg2wsx
This article is about a specific disability autism, and the affects that it has on the families. There is evidence of person first language, there is a lot about parenting and how disabilities affect families and the dynamic that people have with their children. There is also role perceptions because they are saying that it is the parents easy way out or escape goat as it is, and the child with the disability is ‘ a burden of charity’. The child’s disability is a burden on the parents or family, and the diagnosis of autism is a way for the disability to not be as bad, or give there child a label.

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Dr Mike Shooter, one of the country's most distinguished child psychiatrists, was recently at a conference where he ran into a former student who is now a senior consultant psychiatrist. "He said to me, 'You will never believe how things have changed. Seventy-five per cent of the kids I see have either got ADHD or they are somewhere on the autistic spectrum,' " Shooter recalls. "I said, 'No they aren't, it's just that you have diagnosed them as that.'

"Autism in all its degrees has been much more recognised today than it used to be and there is a lot of work being done with kids day to day, but it is vastly over-diagnosed. In some cases it's a sort of middle-class parents' way out...

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'Autism is vastly over‑diagnosed. It's the parents' way out'

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Dr Mike Shooter, one of the country's most distinguished child psychiatrists, was recently at a conference where he ran into a former student who is now a senior consultant psychiatrist. "He said to me, 'You will never believe how things have changed.

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Windsow law proffessor discouraged by barriers for people with disablities

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January 10, 2018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-law-professor-disability-issues-1.4480550
This article is about the barriers that are in the way for people with disabilities. As we learned in the beginning of the course, we know that there are a lot of different types of barriers including physical, communication, and attitudinal. This article talks about the physical barriers for people with disabilities, and the attitudinal barriers. This article also talks about their positions and inclusion in the community which also touches on two of the other areas of the course. This article is showing how we have come so far with including people who have exceptionalities, but we still haven’t made environments reachable or doable for all.

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A law professor at the University of Windsor is hoping to shine a light on the rights of disabled people, both here in Canada and abroad.

Laverne Jacobs is organizing a series of public lectures and panels as part of the "Law, Disability and Social Change Project," of which she is the founding director.

"Many people in the disability community thought we would see - with actions such as accessibility legislation - much more proactivity just generally," said Jacobs, who uses a wheelchair. "The fact that we still need to talk about these issues, that people aren't thinking about social inclusion from the get-go is actually very discouraging. I find that quite discouraging."

Jacobs said many of the barriers disabled people face are not as obvious to the general public - like certain medical services or access to transportation. But the big one is other people often don't include them in social activities.

In Windsor I think that there are many issues that need to be addressed, - Laverne Jacobs, University of Windsor law professor

"We see things such as community events, workplace events that are often organized without a lot of thought given to whether people with disabilities can participate," she said.

Incidents of violence and bullying are also a concern and the fact that half of the disability community are unemployed, said Jacobs.

"In Windsor I think that there are many issues that need to be addressed," she said, adding the city offers very little data about its residents with disabilities. "I'm hopeful that over time ... we'll be able to collect the data specific to Windsor."

The University of Windsor is holding two events on Jan. 15, including a lecture by the Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Alastair McEwin, and a panel discussion called, 'Global Struggles: Working Towards Realizing Disability Rights in Canada, Australia and the US.'

More information can be found here https://lawdisabilitysocialchange.com/.

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Windsor law professor discouraged by barriers for people with disabilities | CBC News

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A law professor at the University of Windsor is hoping to shine a light on the rights of disabled people, both here in Canada and abroad. Laverne Jacobs is organizing a series of public lectures and panels as part of the "Law, Disability and Social Change Project," of which she is the founding director.

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Colin Farrell Gives Advice to Parents of Kids with Disabilities

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Colin Farrell Gives Advice to Parents of Kids with Disabilities

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December 29, 2017
https://themighty.com/2017/12/colin-farrell-son-james-angelman-syndrome/
This article Colin Farrell Offers Advice to Parents Navigating Their Child's New Diagnosis is about a celebrity and how he is giving advice to parents who have just recently received a diagnosis for their child. “I would humbly say to parents of a child with a recent diagnosis of any disorder that while they may well be experiencing the death of one dream, that dream of having a healthy child, there are a thousand dreams and milestones that are yet to reveal themselves”. Colin Farrell is a huge Television and movie celebrity and he has a child who is diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome. This afticle shows the affects that having children who have been diagnosed has on the parents. The perceptions that people have on parents who have children with disabilities and what the parents feel about there children is also riddled within the article and that relates to the content that we learned in the earlier weeks of class.

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Earlier this month, Colin Farrell attended the annual summit and gala for Angelman syndrome research in Chicago and shared some advice other parents of children with disabilities might appreciate. His wisdom comes from his own experience as a parent. Farrell's son, James, 14, has Angelman syndrome.

In an interview with TODAY, Farrell said, "I would humbly say to parents of a child with a recent diagnosis of any disorder that while they may well be experiencing the death of one dream, that dream of having a healthy child, there are a thousand dreams and milestones that are yet to reveal themselves."

Farrell also encouraged parents to reach out and find support. "Only you will ever know truly what it is to feel what you feel, but you will recognize yourself in the struggles and triumphs of others when you hear their stories," the actor added.

As the father of a child with a disability he reminded other parents like him, "You are not alone."

This isn't the first time Farrell spoke about his son or his experience as the parent of a child with a disability. In March, he spoke at Gatepath's "The Power of Possibilities" event.

"Be careful of judging what your child is capable of," he said. "You have to watch your child and give him every opportunity to see how they respond. Let your child decide what his limitations are."
Image via Paula Evans at the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics Gala.

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Earlier this month, Colin Farrell attended the annual summit and gala for Angelman syndrome research in Chicago and shared some advice other parents of children with disabilities might appreciate. His wisdom comes from his own experience as a parent. Farrell's son, James, 14, has Angelman syndrome.

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Autism- A house for children with special needs | Madhavi Adimulam | TEDxBITSHyderabad

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Autism- A house for children with special needs | Madhavi Adimulam | TEDxBITSHyderabad

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May 5, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YaKA6WnuZM

This is a Ted Talk where Madhavi Adimulam discusses her and her child experience within the educational system and how it don't not have what her son needed, forcing her to travel abroad in order for her son to get a proper education. Madhavi then moved back home to India where she found that the educational system was still no able to giver her son what he needed, so she decided to create Ananya learning Centre, this is a learning center for children with special needs or children who learn differently, every child within the centre gets a program that is specifically made for them and focuses on the ways they learn. She then focuses on her sons life after school, this was to find out how can he use what he learned and transition that into a job.

I found this Ted Talk very interesting as I was able to get a different perspective on this scenario as it was from a mother and a teacher, this allows for a very carrying and loving outlook on the situation.

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Canadians with disability almost twice as likely to be victims of violent crimes
March 15, 2018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-with-a-disability-almost-twice-as-likely-to-be-victims-of-violent-crime-1.4577458
The news “Canadian with a disability almost twice as likely to be victims of violent crime” is posted in CBC News. This news shows the statistics Canada data  that 13.7% of people with disabilities from age from 15 years and older. However, 45% females with disabilities faced violent crimes compares to one-third males with disabilities encountered violent crimes. Also, another fact which noteworthy is that Canadians with the disability to be victimized by crimes such as physical or sexual violence by their spouses/ common-in-law partners is more common compared to people without the disability.

In my opinion, the crimes against people with disabilities show that the accused may perceive disability as an advantage and easy targets such as people with non-verbal, developmental delays or physical disabilities are not capable of defending themselves or may not file a complaint against accused.  According to the course content, the role perception of being burden of charity or subhuman organism can be seen where people with disabilities are victimized in their own home by their spouses or partners.

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Barriers to education start early for people with disabilities, report says 

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February 22, 2018
The news “Barriers to education start early for people with disabilities, report says” was posted in CBC News. There are few noteworthy facts which I found in the news. First, Manitobans with disabilities substantial barriers to education because of lack of qualified staff, less support, training, and education for school staff, an absence of protocols when supporting students, and extensive bullying which raises concerns. Another distress amongst parents is accessing licensed childcare as there was no spot available for a kid who needed an inclusion.

The exclusion which imitates as discrimination seems heartbreaking attitude to me as parents have no choice open for their child with the disability.

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This year's Gerber baby has Down syndrome 

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February 07, 2018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/gerber-down-1.4524930

The news “This year’s Gerber baby has Down syndrome” posted in CBC News. One-year-old Lucas Warren’s photo won over more than 140,000 submissions. This is the first time in the company’s 91-year history and Lucas’s mother hopes that featured image will help increase the acceptance of Children with disabilities.

This featured image foster inclusion and a positive step towards accepting people with disabilities. This image was spread wide on social media and I find this news interesting, encouraging, and bring opportunities for people with disabilities.

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CNN Hero of the Year reframes how we view disability

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CNN Hero of the Year reframes how we view disability

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December 18, 2017
The news “CNN Hero of the year reframes how we view disability” posted on CNN news. Amy Wright was named 2017 CNN Hero of the year for efforts to advocate for people with disabilities. Wright opened a coffee shop, Bitty & Beau’s coffee and provides employment for dozens of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She has children with down syndrome which inspired her husband and her to advocates for the opportunities for people with disabilities.

I find this news interesting and found an inspiring quote from Wright that “I would not change you for the world, but I will change the world for you”. This also refers to remove the physical and emotional barriers for people with disabilities. However, the first person language is not been used in several sentences such as intellectually and developmentally disabled people and disabled people.

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Study finds disabled people living in 'deep poverty' 

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December 01, 2017
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/disabled-poverty-study-1.4428859

The news “Study finds disabled people living in ‘deep poverty’ was posted in CBC News by Kate Letterick. A story of a single mother named Leger who suffered a spinal stroke which results in using the wheelchair as mobility. She receives $763 per month which isn’t enough to support her son nor the necessities. Gaudet interviewed twelve individuals with disabilities who share shocking facts. First, one participant claimed that “I have to choose between paying for my medication or paying for food”. Second, one participant who suffered from MS shared that she lived in a non-accessible apartment and trapped in the basement apartment in a fire for 10 minutes, suffered from burns to face and arms before being rescued and she’s still on the waiting list on NB housing’s waiting list. These facts are thought to provoke and raises the questions in my mind that how a person is living with insufficient funds and physical barriers.

According to the course content related to inclusion that finding accessible housing, access to housing, employment opportunities are the needs nor the luxuries of life. Again, these are the barriers for the people with disabilities to prevent participating in the society, mobility, and the quality living.

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Disability plan will help a million people into work, ministers say 

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November 29, 2017
The news “Disability plan will help a million people into work, ministers say” posted in BBC News which noted that the new strategy includes new measures of widening the number of people issuing fitness to work notices and additional training for mental health professionals which will help people with the disabilities to retain their jobs. Another noteworthy point is that employers attitude and misunderstandings about disabilities. Employers have lack of the idea about how beneficial employees with disability can be to a work force.

I find errors in using the correct terminology in the news such as disabled employees and disabled people. The person first language should have been used in the news.

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Only half of disabled Canadians are employed, poll finds

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Only half of disabled Canadians are employed, poll finds

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January 17, 2017
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/only-half-of-disabled-canadians-are-employed-poll-finds/article33650160/
The article “Only half of disabled Canadians are employed, poll finds” is published in The Globe and Mail. Michelle Mcquigge noted that employment conditions are still gloomy for Canadian with disabilities according to a new poll. I have found few facts. First, that many businesses still operate under the hypothesis that accommodates people with disabilities is an expensive and burdensome process. Second, Unemployed individuals with disabilities claimed that the unemployment as the direct results of their disability. Finally, the noteworthy point in this article when Mark Patterson, executive director of Magnet (Ryerson) stated that people with disabilities are in customer-facing roles in order to be helping change the stigma as if they’re hidden away in places, not interacting with the public, the invisibility of disability remains as a big challenge.

I found this article interesting as I learned that why it is important to provide customer-facing roles in terms of promoting inclusion. However, I found errors in using first person language, for instance, the disabled Canadians, disabled respondents, disabled community, and disabled workers instead of using the person first language in this article according to the course material.

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Accessibility and inclusion: Imperative for Canada’s future

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Accessibility and inclusion: Imperative for Canada’s future

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October 02, 2016
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/accessibility-and-inclusion-imperative-for-canadas-future/article32154406/
The article “Accessibility and inclusion: Imperative for Canada’s future” is published in The Globe and Mail by Rick Hansen. Mr. Hansen suffered a spinal cord injury in his teenage which didn’t make any negative impact on his ambitions and making a difference in the life. He is the CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation for raising awareness of accessibility, change attitudes, removing barriers, and change the quality of the life. Another fact that Mr. Hansen brought in the light that as baby boomers are aging, by 2036, one in five people, or nine million Canadians will have a mobility, sight or hearing disability. Access4All is a Canada 150 signature initiative for raising awareness about accessibility breaking down barriers for people with disability. The main point which inspires me is that Rich Hansen School Program is providing free educational resources about access and inclusion.

I can relate this article to the course material where we learn about physical, emotional, and environmental barriers. We had Theoretical application activity #1 in the course in order to recognize barriers around us.

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Removing the Stigma of Disability | Adam Pearson | TEDxBrighton 

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Mar 23, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOmtAJkzZbk

This is a Ted Talk from Adam Pearson on removing the stigma of disability, Adam Pearson discuses the ignorance of the social viewing on disability and talks about how it is mainly based on the lack of publicity it gets, as he states that it is hardly ever discussed and a majority if not all role models don't have disabilities. Adam Pearson then talks about how some of the discrepancies within the laws that affect those with disabilities, discussing the difference between workplace laws on religion and then comparing them to disabilities. He finally discusses how his experience from getting an email from a freak show sparked the idea of touring and doing a documentary about freak shows across the world and how disabilities play a huge role within that market.

Adam Pearson discusses many things and challenges many ideologies, this relates back to course material in the way that we need to look at disabilities in a different way than society may dictate.

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Jennifer Sommerness – Why Special Ed Isn't 

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Feb 14, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRfWrUpzXs

This is Jennifer Sommerness talk about how we are segregating our students and that instead of segregation we should focus on creating relationships within our community, as this leads to creating a new norm where we think and act within strength based ways as this focuses on the individuals strengths allowing them to succeed within not only their education but also their life. She shows this with her student Cooper, Cooper is mainly non verbal and was brought up through contained classes, however when transferred over to mainstream Cooper has been able to blossom into a more rounded and educated students expanding upon his education and social understanding through his interactions with peers.

This relates back to our material as the found the barrier to Coopers education was that he was being isolated and by removing that isolation and putting him in a better learning environment Cooper was able to thrive.

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Chris Ulmer: "Special Books by Special Kids" | Talks at Google

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Dec 2, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7spqWnCBgRE

This is a talks at Google by Chris Ulmer, Chris is an author of the book "special books by special kids". Chris talks about his transition from a special education teacher to running his non profit organisation, his goal within both of his careers was to expand everyone's sense of normalcy.Chris talks about the videos he would make within his classroom where he would record interactions between him and his students he would then post these videos on YouTube , as he made the transfer over from his teaching career to running his non profit organisation he used his following to help him travel and meet people with special needs all around the world where he would then record his interactions with them, giving those with special needs a platform that they can talk and share their feelings with Chris.

Chris Ulmer relates back to our course content by truly striving to understand those with special needs and giving them an environment where everyone is accepting and they can be themselves in.

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Intellectual Disability | Sophia Malheiros Scalise | TEDxKids@PortoSeguroSchool 

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Intellectual Disability | Sophia Malheiros Scalise | TEDxKids@PortoSeguroSchool 

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Oct 27, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJgdMbA-HBo

This Ted Talk from Malheiros Scalise. She discusses how the world should be a more open and accepting place not just hose with special needs but everyone, saying that within the world if we all help each other we will all grow ourselves. As she explains that we all need to be more accepting she also touches upon how technologies have helped those with special needs and how it has improved the quality of life of so many, Sophia as a young girl wanted to help support this cause of making technology however new that she could not make the technology herself so she would help support it in any way she could such as collecting the pull-tab at the top of sodas and sending it to companies to be melted down and create wheel chairs showing that enough small actions can make a difference in someones life.

This Ted Talk relates to our course material in many ways, it relates back to our first application activity by learning and understanding the barriers around us and also relates to some material from module 2 on the social model of disability.

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Learning Different: The Truth About Special Education | Gabi Telemaco | TEDxYouth@AnnArbor

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Learning Different: The Truth About Special Education | Gabi Telemaco | TEDxYouth@AnnArbor

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June 3, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1LtI-8VGkk

This Ted Talk from Gabi Telemaco, first discusses and asks us to questions what we know about special education classrooms. Gabi does this by asking us to imagine a mainstream classroom and then imagine a special education classroom, she then compares the two and comes to the realization that they are not all that different. After talking about and comparing the classrooms she then talks about a program within her school called peer connections, this is a program that brings fully able students into classrooms that a majority of the students have special needs. Gabi finalizes the Ted Talk by talking about how difficult it is for the teacher  to teach a classroom with such varied levels of of ability and disability.

This information within this Ted Talk can relate to our course material through the Theoretical application activity 1, as she discuses the environmental barriers that her mentor partner went through within the classroom.

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If You Knew My Students | Jon Watson | TEDxYouth@BarnstableHS

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If You Knew My Students | Jon Watson | TEDxYouth@BarnstableHS

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Feb 26, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ak095i68HA

This video is Jon Watson doing a TED talks about his students with special needs. Throughout the Ted talk Jon describes his students as the most "Real" students within the school, everything they do is honest and has no malice behind it everything they do has a reason behind it. Jon Watson's goal behind the Ted talk was to let people know that if someone with special needs comes into your life or your space its ok, don't be afraid he just wants people to accept those students who may have special needs and to promote students with special needs working in the mainstream system.

This Ted talk relates to our course content through Module 3. Within module three we identify how to change one's and society's attitude, this is the goal that Jon Watson's wishes to achieve to achieve the stereotypes that people and society has created and placed upon students with special needs.