Assignments

Choose one of the two topics below to write a 2 page reflection which includes 3 additional resources.

1. How can you as a professional work to prevent/address sexual abuse of your consumers with disabilities.

· Sexual Abuse

· https://www.npr.org/2018/01/08/570224090/the-sexual-assault-epidemic-no-one-talks-about?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180108

· https://www.npr.org/2018/01/10/566608390/she-can-t-tell-us-what-s-wrong?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=atc&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180110

· https://www.npr.org/2018/01/08/576428410/npr-investigation-finds-hidden-epidemic-of-sexual-assault

· https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/572929725/for-some-with-intellectual-disabilities-ending-abuse-starts-with-sex-ed

· https://www.npr.org/2018/01/16/577063976/its-an-easy-crime-to-get-away-with-but-prosecutors-are-trying-to-change-that

· https://www.npr.org/2018/01/18/577065301/from-the-frontlines-of-a-sexual-assault-epidemic-two-therapists-share-stories

2. How does mainstream society view the lives of people with disabilities and how can you as a professional work to change those views (if necessary.)

· Living with disability

· https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/xw78a7/we-need-to-stop-talking-about-disability-as-a-burden?utm_campaign=sharebutton

· https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-ratcliff-hawking-ableism_us_5aaa8c5ee4b045cd0a6f6f2d?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003

· https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/02/27/vigils-honor-killed-caregivers/24772/

· http://www.disabilitypride.com/2015/09/19/microaggressions-macroaggressions-and-disability/

· https://themighty.com/2015/10/i-am-disabled-and-i-am-not-your-inspiration/

· https://themighty.com/2015/12/why-we-need-more-st0ries-of-disability-that-arent-about-overcoming-disability/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Mighty_Page&utm_campaign=DISABILITY