Unit name | Disability in Society |
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Unit code | SPOL30075 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Mrs. Beth Tarleton |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
Disability in Society will examine the issues faced by disabled children, young people and adults in contemporary society. The unit is driven by a critique of society and its institutions. It locates disability in the social rather than individual context. The unit will consider the theoretical underpinnings of disability studies, including the social model, and will discuss the differing views and debates about these issues.
The unit is planned and co-produced with people who have direct experience of disability. The first part of the unit will take a life course approach from childhood to old age. The second part will consider for example - disability and forced migration, the experiences of parents with learning disabilities, disabled children in education and transition to adulthood, disability and sexuality as well as inclusive research with disabled people. It addresses questions that arise in relation to inclusion, societal attitudes and relationships, barriers to participation, and the practical steps that can be taken to address barriers in ‘systemic’ ways.
The unit aims are:
Blended learning for this unit will include a mix of lectures, interactive sessions and small group discussion and activities deliverer synchronously and asynchronously. It will include contributions from disabled people.
Part 1 1000-word blog (25%)
Part 2 2000-word essay (75%)
Runswick-Cole, K. Curran, T. & Liddiard, K., (Eds) (2018) The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies. London, Palgrave Macmillan.
Davis, L. (ed) (2010) The Disability Studies Reader (3rd ed). Routledge.
Goodley, D. (2016) Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. (2nd Ed) London: Sage
Oliver, M. and Barnes, C. (2012) The new politics of disablement. (2nd ed), Palgrave Macmillan Swain, J.,
Shakespeare, T., (2018) Disability: The basics. London, Routledge