Human Diversity and Human Rights Disability Studies

Human Diversity and Human Rights

Disability Studies

DISCUSSION WEEK 10-11 (post expects to be at least 300 words)

Required Textbooks:

Garcia-Irate, E., McConkey, R., & Gilligan, R. (2016). Disability and human rights: global perspectives. New York: Palgrave.

Obrien, R. (2001). Crippled Justice. The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Supportive sources:

Violence against women: Knowledge translation https://www.monash.edu/arts/gender-and-family-violence/research-and-projects/identifying-economic-abuse-amongst-women-with-disability-in-victoria

Sexual Self Advocacy https://sdc.ahslabs.uic.edu/resources/

Disability human rights research network https://research.unimelb.edu.au/hallmark-initiatives/home/disability/outcomes/networks/disability-human-rights-research-network

Care v consent https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/care-vs-consent-for-persons-with-disability-the-line-is-often-thin-and-a-tad-more-complicated-2317959.html

Discussion questions:

· When introducing the class in the syllabus, I wrote "Disability rights are human rights." Some of you even probably came to this course not expecting such a large focus on disability rights and policy.

· What, if anything, have you gained from examining the issue of human rights through a disability lens?

· What would you say if you were asked how studying disability policy and disability experience in general, can teach us about human rights?

· What can studying human rights teach us about disability?