Course: Disability and a Good Life: Working with Disability

Just like last week when we unpacked what we meant by the word “access”, this week we’ll be exploring the concepts of “care” and “support” and the different meanings that …

In this step we look at sex and disability and some issues around support. There is significant stigma around people with disability and sex. In the above video, Denise Beckwith …

In Weeks 1 and 3, we discussed how ideas of what is “normal” can limit people with disabilities. Like other ideas about what is “normal”, ideas around normal behaviour are …

In this step we explore the one-on-one support provided by a support worker or personal assistant which enables a disabled person to have choice and control in their life. As …

As we will emphasise in this step, understanding support really means understanding someone’s individual situation. In other words, in order to understand support, you need to understand human diversity. In …

In Week 1, we introduced institutionalisation as an example of the history of exclusion of disabled people. In this step, we explore institutionalisation in more detail and examine it in …

In the video above, the guest presenters share their perspectives on support. The overarching message is that we all need support to enable us to flourish. Duncan and Jordanna emphasise …

In the video above, disabled artist Zoe Partington-Sollinger talks about the importance of including disabled people in creative thinking around the design of buildings and spaces. Talking points When it …

Some disability studies scholars argue that working with disability — rather than treating it as an add-on — can drive innovation in designing a more accessible world. In the above …

The presenters in the above video describe how disabled people are excluded across many different forms of access — from employment, to information technology, to communication. We see that there …

Last week we looked at discrimination and the ways in which moral and legal frameworks based on human rights can help prevent different forms of discrimination and enable a good …

In the last step you explored some organisations and individuals who are working to improve accessibility in everyday life. This may be by bringing disabled people together to organise or …

In this video, Denise and Kamala describe how gaining access to sport opened up other opportunities in their lives. As Denise explains, people with disabilities who have participated in sport …

In the video above, Educators Jos Boys and Leanne Dowse discuss why barriers to access for disabled people seem so difficult to shift. Jos suggests the value of the term …

In the above video, Gerard Quinn and Rosemary Kayess tell the story of how the UNCRPD came to fruition, and how it was drafted. Gerard suggests that a separate Convention …