Reinventing Disability and Sexuality - Women in the Curriculum and Women Studies Program

Reinventing Disability and Sexuality

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Today's discussion points

Categories of literature on disability and sexuality

Functional

Discrimination

Discrimination, con't

Sexual Access

Sexual access, con't

Major dilemmas in current literature

Major dilemmas, con't

Major dilemmas

Verifiable claims

Verifiable claims, con't

Claims that are not verifiable

Claims that are not verifiable - b

Claims that are not verifiable - c

Claims that are not verifiable - d

Result of Vague Thinking

Result of essentialist thinking

Results of essentialist thinking, con't

Myth guides desired affirmative and long-term responses

Removes discussion, analysis and promotion of "disability sexuality" from the diversity of sexuality relevant to all people

Removes disability sexuality...

Removes discussion, analysis and promotion of "disability sexuality" from the diversity of sexuality theory and research relevant to all people

Definitions

Sexuality

Disability

Disability as diversity

Why does disability belong within a progressive diversity dialog?

Why does disability belong within a progressive diversity dialog? - b

Diversity history in brief: Looking backward

Contribution of nomothetic inquiry 1

Contribution of nomothetic inquiry 2

The normal curve: "Normal Man"

Pluralism emerges

Multiculturalism

Expansive view

Looking forward, not backward

Looking forward, not backward, con't.

Conceptualizing difference

Post-positivism

Objectified bodies

Current responses— Make atypical people typical

Slide description of tall normal curve

Current responses— Make atypical people typical- b

Our vision for the future-Flatten the Curve

Slide description of boradened normal curve

Flattening the curve

Inclusion

Expansive Universal Ideology (DePoy & Gilson, 2006)

Our vision in action today

2004 Ad for Colours Wheelchair Woman in designer wheelchair

Slide Description of woman

Performing artists - ndaf.org

Slide Description of dancers

Becoming Her

Becoming Her - b

Becoming Her - c

Becoming Her, Mark O'Brien

Slide Description of Mark O'Brian

Portrait, Mark O'Brien

Slide Description in iron lung

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