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Part 1

Planning Form Directions

Please complete the Planning Form

and upload on or before the due date

5 points credit – no late papers accepted!

Both the Project and Community Service must be addressed in order to avoid point loss.

No rubric needed for this assignment.

Purpose: To assist students in planning for selection of the Project Assignment and Community Service involvement. This form also allows feedback from the instructor as to the appropriateness of the choices selected. Once again, this form must be uploaded before or on the due date. Late papers will not receive any points. This assignment is worth 5 points.

Directions:

1. Enter your name and student # at the top of the page.

2. Project: Read over the project options

3. Choose one of the options for your project.

4. Community Service: It is not necessary to have completed any hours by the due date of this form.

5. Briefly describe what you are currently doing, (or planning on doing) for your Community Service Project.

6. You may work with more than one agency to complete the 15 required hours. Please list all agencies/individuals with whom you might be involved.

PLAN WISELY:

Read over the guidelines for the Project Assignment options before choosing.

No late papers accepted.

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Part 2

Purpose: Students will further explore disability topics by choosing a project of interest. All assignments are required to follow the expectations for assignment completion listed in the syllabus. It is each student’s responsibility to review the syllabus for course grading policy. The following options are available:

1.) Interviews - See following two pages for descriptions and sample interview questions

2.) Agency Visitation

This project involves research, visitation, and write-up of a community resource available for people with disabilities. Agencies not presented in class are preferred. The full 3-5 page report must include the following information:

· The name, address, and a phone number of the agency, a contact person, and a brief description of the organization.

· Discuss the services provided and funding sources.

· Your personal opinion of this agency.

· Please indicate whether or not this agency uses volunteers. If so, would they be interested in utilizing GS 420 students.

· Relate the agency’s services to information from text or class.

· List website information

3.) Book Review

This project involves researching and reading a book, preferably an autobiography, or book that deals with current policy/issues on people with disabilities. A creative presentation of the book is required. A Power Point presentation, Poster board, 3-D display, mobile, collage, etc. A one-two-page summary (double spaced) of the book with author and publication information is to be uploaded on Blackboard. Also, please relate the information from the book to information from textbook or class material.

*If choosing a PowerPoint format you will upload your ppt on blackboard. If for any reason the file is too large and will not go through, email the instructor

4.) Other

The purpose of this assignment is to allow students to further explore the issues and personal experiences of people with disabilities. A full 3-5 page report must be completed and uploaded for full credit. There are many options available for GS 420 students in the community. A hands-on approach is preferred when selecting this choice for a special project. It might include hours spent over and above your required community service with a specific focus. Other options include: conferences, meetings, fundraising, attendance at events involving disability issues, researching technology, etc. The professor must approve “Other options”.

GS 420: Disability & Society

Assignment #4: Project

Suggested Interview Guidelines

The purpose of this assignment is to act as an “ally” to reduce “ableism”. In order to understand the impact that “ableism” has on an individual, it is beneficial to learn first hand about the kinds of prejudice and discrimination that people with disabilities face. A person with a disability is the real expert on the issues that affect their lives. After considering their experiences, it is then that you become aware of your own role in promoting disability rights – even if it means facing your own subtle beliefs of discrimination.

The interview process should focus on the experiences of the person with the disability. By educating yourself, and by your willingness to learn from someone with an experience of disability, you can align yourself with the community of people with disabilities so that needed change can occur.

The interview process should focus on the individual first and the disability experience second. By staying focused on the individual, you affirm their need for respect, equal treatment, and the right to access societal opportunities without experiencing discrimination.

This interview should be a full 3-5 pages long, double spaced. The interview is easiest to read if written in a narrative format. (Just tell the story). Confidentiality is important, so initials, or first name only is appropriate.

1. Ask the person to tell their story – their history… where they were born, their family situation, educational experiences, adulthood goals, and current living situations.

2. Ask the person about their experiences in society – have they experienced any challenges in accomplishing their goals. What about education? Have they ever been discriminated against? Talk to the individual about Americans with Disabilities Act. Are they aware of their rights?

3. If appropriate and the person wants to share details about their specific disability, include that information. If they would prefer to not give you specifics of the disability in a medical context, then be respectful and stick to the societal responses to their situation. Focus on the strengths of the individual and their attitudes towards their experiences. Find out what changes can be made to improve their life.

4. At the end of the write-up, reflect on your own personal response to this experience. Reflect on any biased beliefs of which you were made aware. How can you become an ally to make the changes needed for this person to live a full and successful life?

5. Finally, include at least two concepts from GS 420 to this experience. For example: Did you use any of the “10 Commandments” when interacting with this individual? If so, state the commandment and how you applied it during this experience.

Book Reading List Ansay, A. M. (2001). Limbo: A memoir. New York: Harperperennial Library.

Bauby, J.D., & Leggatt, J. (1997). The diving bell and the butterfly: A memoir of life in death. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Becker, S. (2005). I had brain surgery, what’s your excuse? New York: Workman. Bender, K. (2000). Like normal people. Boston, MA: Houghton Miflin. Calderwood, L. (2003). Cracked: Recovering after traumatic brain injury. London:

Jessica Kingsley.

Campbell, B. M. (2005). 72-hour hold. New York: Anchor (Random House). Charlton, J. (1998). Nothing about us, without us. Berkley, CA: University of California

Press, Berkeley, 1998.

Cohen, R. M. (2004). Blindsided: Lifting a life above illness, a reluctant memoir. New York: Perennial.

Cohen, R. M. (2008). Strong at the broken places: Voices of illness, a chorus of hope. New York: Harper Paperbacks.

Collins, P. (2004). Not even wrong: Adventures in autism. New York: Bloomsbury. Crimmins, C. (2000). Where is the mango princess? A journey back from brain injury.

New York: Vintage Books. Dart, I. R. (1999). When I fall in love. New York: Avon. Edwards, K. (2005). The memory keeper’s daughter. New York: Penguin. Fadiman, A. (1997). The spirit catches you and you fall down: A Hmong child, her

American doctors, and the collision of two cultures. New York: Noonday Press.

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Fleischer, D. Z. & Zames, F. (2001). The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation. Philadelphia: Temple University Press

Fox, L. (1999). My sister from the black lagoon. New York. Scribner Books. Fries, K. (1998). Body, remember: A memoir. New York: Dutton. Fries, K. (Ed.) (1997). Staring back: The disability experience from the inside out, New

York: Dutton.

Gallagher, H. G. (1990). By trust betrayed: Patients, physicians, and the license to kill in the Third Reich. New York: H. Holt.

Grandin, T. (1995). Thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism. New York: Doubleday.

Grealy, L. (1994). Autobiography of a face. New York: Harper Perennial. Greenberg, J. (1970). In this sign. New York: Henry Holt. Grunwald, H. (1999). Twilight: Losing sight, gaining insight. New York: Alfred A.

Knopf. Haddon, M. (2003). The curious incident of the dog in the night-time. New York:

Vintage. Hall, R. H. (2002). A quiet storm: A novel. New York: Scribner. Haller, B. (2010). Representing disability in an ableist world: Essays on mass media.

Louisville, KY: Avocado Press. Hallman, Jr., T. (2002). Sam: The boy behind the mask. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Handler, L. (1998). Twitch and shout: A Touretter’s tale. New York: Dutton. Hans, A. & Patri, A. (2003). Women, disability and identity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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Hockenberry, J. (1995). Moving violations: War zones, wheelchairs, and declarations of independence. New York: Hyperion.

Hughes, R. (2003). Running with Walker: A memoir. London: Jessica Kingsley. Jamison, K. R. (1995). An unquiet mind: A memoir of moods and madness. New York:

Vintage Books.

Johnson, M. (2003). Make them go away. Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve & the case against disability rights. Louisville, KY: Avocado Press.

Karasik, P., & Karasik, J. (2003). The ride together: A brother and sister’s memoir of autism in the family. New York: Washington Square Press.

Kleege, G. (1999). Sight unseen. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Knighton, R. (2006). Cockeyed: A memoir. New York: Public Affairs. Kuusisto, S. (1998). Planet of the blind. New York: Delta. Kuusisto, S. (2006). Eavesdropping: A memoir of blindness and listening. New York: W.

W. Norton & Co. Leimbach, M. (2006). Daniel isn’t talking. New York: Anchor Books (Random House). Linton, S. (1998). Claiming disability: Knowledge and identity. NY: New York

University Press. Linton, S. (2009). My body politic: A memoir. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan

Press. Longmore, P. (2003) Why I burned my book and other essays on disability. Temple

University Press, 2003.

Lopez, S. (2008). The soloist: A lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

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Mairs, N. (1996). Waist-high in the world: A life among the nondisabled. Boston: Beacon Press.

Mee, C. L. (1999). A nearly normal life. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company. Ototake, H., & Harcourt, G. (2000). No one’s perfect. Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha

International.

Padden, C. & Humphries, T. (1988). Deaf in America: Voices from a culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Padden, C. & Humphries, T. (2005). Inside deaf culture. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Peck, C. (2005). Revenge of the paste eaters: Memoirs of a misfit. New York: 5 Spot, Time Warner Book Group.

Rubio. G. H. (1998). Icy sparks. New York: Viking Press. Rucker, A. (2007). The best seat in the house: How I woke up one Tuesday and was

paralyzed for life. New York: HarperCollins. Russell, M. (1998). Beyond ramps: Disability at the end of the social contract. Monroe,

ME: Common Courage Press.

Sacks, O. (1989). Seeing voices: A journey into the world of the deaf. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.

Saramago, J. (1998). Blindness. New York: Harcourt Brace. Shapiro, J. (1994). No pity: People with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement.

NY: Times Books. Sidransky, R. (1990). In silence: Growing up hearing in a deaf world. New York: St.

Martin’s Press.

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Simon, R. (2002). Riding the bus with my sister: A true life journey. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Slater, L. (2000). Lying: A metaphorical memoir. New York: Penguin Books. Taylor, J. B. (2009). My stroke of insight: A brain scientist’s personal journey. New

York: Penguin Group. Tayman, J. (2006). The colony. New York: Scribner. Traig, J. (2004). Devil in the details: Scenes from an obsessive girlhood. New York: Back

Bay Books. Trent, J. W. (1994). Inventing the feeble mind: A history of mental retardation in the

United States. Berkley: University of California Press. Vigand, P., & Vigand, S. (2000). Only the eyes say yes: A love story. New York: Arcade. Walker, L. A. (1986). A loss for words: The story of deafness in a family. New York:

Harper Perennial.

Weihenmayer, E. (2001). Touch the top of the world: A blind man’s journey to climb farther than the eye can see. New York: Penguin Group.

West, C. (1999). First person plural: My life as a multiple. New York: Hyperion. Woodruff, L., & Woodruff, B. (2007). In an instant: A family's journey of love and

healing. New York: Random House. Yun, M. (2004). Translations of beauty. New York: Washington Square Press. Zola, I. K. (1982). Missing pieces: A chronicle of living with a disability. Philadelphia:

Temple University Press.