Embodiment and Disability

DSAB

602

Embodiment and Disability

This course focuses on issues related to embodiment and the biological and medical aspects of disability. Students who complete the course will be knowledgeable about: the relationship between Disability Studies, medical sociology and the concept of the "lived body," he difference between an understanding of the disabled body as a social construction and as a medical problem; the health care needs and experiences of people with disabilities; public policies related to the access of people with disabilities to quality health care; identification, prevalence, clinical manifestations, cognitive, behavioral and social implications and interventions associated with genetic causes of disabilities and acquired disabilities due to traumatic events; the relationship of Disability Studies and bioethics in areas such as prenatal testing, the genome project and assisted suicide; the value and possibilities of non-verbal communication and sign language to improve the quality of life of people with sensory disabilities; language development and educational options for children with cochlear implants; modes of communication with individuals with hearing impairment.

Fall, Spring

Graduate

No