Review these common disability stereotypes in media -read the short descriiptions and watch the videos depicting the stereotypes:
– watch: https://www.aruma.com.au/about-us/blog/run-forest-run-disability-stereotypes-in-the-mediaLinks to an external site.
-Read Smart Chapter 3 (attached)
– Read Shaprio Chapter 3 (attached)
-watch After 30 Years the ADA Leaves People with Psychiatric Disabilities Behind (Héctor Ramírez, 2020): https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/07/19/after-30-years-the-ada-leaves-people-with-psychiatric-disabilities-behind/
Prompt:
-In what ways do these stereotypes reflect the ideas in your readings about handicapism/ableism (e.g., disability as disfigurement and/or deviance, stigma and hierarchy of stigma, people with disabilities as second class citizens, people with disabilities as burdens or inferior)?
-Describe ONE other depiction of people with disabilities in popular media or a real life example of how people with disabilities are treated that you feel reflects these stereotypes and/or handicapism/ableism.
writing should be at least 6-8 sentences long and fully address the prompt or question. You need to reference the class readings and relevant page numbers.