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Mar 10, 2026
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EDUC 211 - Disability & Society
This is an introductory course that will concentrate on critical concepts, debates, and questions of practice in the emerging scholarly field of disability studies. Virtually all humans experience a significant illness or disability at some point in life; yet economic, political, social, and cultural factors complicate the medical frameworks through which societies normally address disabled bodies. Drawing on scholarship in public policy, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, cultural studies, literature, biomedical ethics, and other academic fields, students will be introduced to the moral, medical, social, minority, and ecological models of disability; explore the histories of particular disability communities; debate ethical questions concerning genetic testing, selective abortion, and disability therapies; study how social inequalities of class, race, nationality, sexuality, and gender relate to the lived experiences of the disabled; and learn from the literature and political discourse of disabled artists and activists.
3 credits
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