In order for students to gain an increased awareness and understanding of how persons
with disabilities are portrayed in the media and the extent to which their strengths and challenges are
presented, students will view a film that involves persons with disabilities and turn in a typewritten 3-
page critique. A few examples include: A Beautiful Mind, My Left Foot, Born on the Fourth of July, Elephant
Man, Of Mice and Men, Rain- Man, Children of a Lesser God, Mask, Ice Castles.
a. Guidelines for this assignment are provided below:
Possible Observations/Questions Notes
What obstacles or barriers did the character(s)
have to overcome?
What strengths did the disabled character display?
As a social worker, how would you interact with
the disable character?
What resources were available? If none were
available, what resources would you as the social
worker need to identify?
Did the disabled character have additional health
care needs?
If so, what where they?
Did the disable character have a support system?
If so, please identify.
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