Week 6 Disability and Diversity: Explaining Dis/Ableism: Micro/Individualistic/Attitudinal Accounts and Macro/Structural/Systemic/Institutional Accounts
Goal: Goal: to explore different theories of dis/ableism that explain ableism in terms of peoples attitudes toward disability or in terms of the systems and structures of society. This goal contributes to learning objective (2).
Instruction: Instructions Instruction: Please read the reading for the two and answer the study questions that follows on two pages.
1.Findler, Liora, Noa Vilchinsky, and Shirli Werner. The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS): Construction and Validation.
Findler, Liora, Noa Vilchinsky, and Shirli Werner. 2007. The Multidimensional Attitudes Scale Toward Persons With Disabilities (MAS): Construction and Validation. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin 50 (3): 16676.
Study Questions:
Q1: How do Findler et al. define the concept of an attitude?
Q2: How was their attitude questionnaire designed (i.e. what was it like)?
Q3: What did they find out about attitudes toward disability?
2.Hahn, Harlan. The Politics of Physical Differences: Disability and Discrimination.
Hahn, Harlan. 1988. The Politics of Physical Differences: Disability and Discrimination. Journal of Social Issues 44 (1): 3947.
Study Questions:
Q1: What are the two crucial values in 20th century Western society that Hahn thinks shape people’s (and public) attitudes toward disability?
Q2: What are “existential” and “aesthetic” anxiety?
Q3: What are the policy implications of his analysis, according to Hahn?
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