Assignment:
Paper topic and Bibliography due to the instructor via the Blackboard assignments
tab by 11:59pm September 29.
Assignment:
In one to three pages, please explain your initial paper
topic. What aspect of disability history are you examining? Why? How is your
topic significant to disability history? What role(s) does your topic play in
disability history? What does your topic suggest about the treatment and
perceptions of disabled people during that historical period? Please also
include your list of at least ten (10) potential sources in APA format. This assignment is due via the Blackboard
assignments tab by 11:59pm on September 29.
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My new topic will be:
Self-Advocacy in Relation to Disability, Justification, and Inequality
To be more specific, being able to advocate for oneself and make choices for one’s own interests is what self-advocacy is all about. When you advocate for yourself, you may ensure that you are heard, that you are evaluated properly, that your concerns are addressed, and that you are allowed to participate in the creation of your own plans. Throughout history, social and political intellectuals have questioned apparently logical explanations for disparities based on gender, race, and ethnicity. This has been especially true since the political upheavals of the eighteenth century. Disability has been conspicuously missing from that endeavor, even though it has played a prominent role in discussions about equality. Not only has disability justified the injustice experienced by handicapped individuals, but it has also justified the inequality experienced by other groups. Disabilities had a significant part in three major citizenship disputes that took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: the right to vote, African American freedom, and immigration limitation, among others. Those who opposed women’s equality pointed to their alleged physical, intellectual, and psychological limitations, including bodily weakness, irrationality, and emotional instability. Some proponents of race inequality and immigration limitation have cited perceived handicaps of certain races and ethnic groups to support their positions. As a result, although handicapped persons are one of the minority groups that have traditionally been given lower status, disability has served as a rationale for poor status for all such groups.
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