Hi
Janette wrote...
> I'm teaching a new class in the sociology of disability. One of my
> requirements is that each student have some direct interaction with a PWD.
> I am doing my best to meet each student's desires to focus on a specific
> disabling condition or impairment.
I think I understand the motivation for this approach, but what exactly
has it to do with the sociology of disability? Aren't the students
simply missing the point if they want to 'focus on a specific disabling
condition'? Surely the 'sociology' of disability is concerned with
transcending this kind of individual and medical model thinking?
Best Wishes
Mark Priestley
Disability Research Unit
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT
UK
Tel: +44 113 2334417/2334418
Fax: +44 113 2334415
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/dru/dru.htm
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