What are some myths and barriers that stand in the way of people with disabilities achieving equal social status relationships?

 

Question One:

  • What are some myths and barriers that stand in the way of people with disabilities achieving equal social status relationships? (please refer to the text- “Disability, society and the individual” by Julie Smart)

 

 

Question Two:

  • How are “hypervisibility” and “lack of privacy” two different problems for people with disabilties?    (Feel free to use examples to illustrate)

Question Three:

  • How can “motherese” be demeaning to people with disabilities?

 

Question Four:

  • List the stages of response :
  • How can understanding the “stages of response” be helpful to both people with disabilities and people without disabilities ?