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> Subj:Fw: Paper on Disability-- HELP NEEDED
> Date:11/27/01 5:29:26 PM Pacific Standard Time
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> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 8:19 PM
> Subject: Paper on Disability-- HELP NEEDED
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> Hello everyone,
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> I was wondering if you could please take the time to read the e-mail =
> that follows and give my cousin, who is taking a course at the =
> University of Toronto, some assistance. She wants to know what a set of =
> words mean to people with disabilities/parents of children with =
> disabilities. Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated. I am =
> going to give her my own opinions as time and my own essay writing =
> permit, but I thought some variation of answers might help widen the =
> perspective of her assignment.=20
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>     Thank you for any help you can provide.
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> Jenn
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> Hey Jen,
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> I'm sure that you are busy with school but I was wondering if you might =
> have some time to respond to me about a few questions for my essay for =
> my disability class.  I wouldn't say that I have a concrete topic down =
> yet, but what I would like to do is focus on the issue of normalcy =
> within the context of medical vs social model.
> I guess you can't even really call it questions that I have...its more =
> like I have some words that I would like for you to respond to - like =
> what do they mean for you, is their anything that you like/dislike about =
> them, anything you would change, any thoughts really that you have on =
> them would be much appreciated.  If there is a word you don't want to =
> talk about that is fine too.  Any stories or points you would like to =
> tell outside of the words I have included would be great too...I'll try =
> my best to incorporate them.
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> Okay so here are the words....
> Normalcy   no such thing as normal.



> Impairment  this is a fairly accurate word if describing a specfic aspect of
> disability, such as hearing, mobility....
>

Disability... is okay, but not "disabled"... a car is disabled,  but a car
doesn't have a disability. >
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Sexuality>>> WE LOVE It as much as anybody else< but for many it "s hard to
get to a relationship>


Advocacy:  A POWERFUL TOOL>>>>

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Medical Model: THE WORST MODEL UPON WHICH TO BUILD SERVICES AND BENEFITS
PACKAGES>
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Social Model:  THE BEST ALTHOUGH CAN BE AMBIGUOUS AS EACH PERSON IS AN
INDIVIDUAL>
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Culture:  SEE AXIS DANCE TROUPE FOR WHEELCHAIR BALLET> :~)
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Media; never enough representation in film or TV...... what little there is,
is either focussed on making the person undisabled, or overcoming it to such
a degree like climbing Mt Everest, that not many can live up to that height.
We need a series (drama) where the mother has CP, and is coping with her
family like they do on 7th heaven.

Doctors/ 'experts';  ha! Big know-nothings that charge an arm and a leg ...
well, not all do, I had a wonderful CP doc growing up.
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mag, 45, athetoid CP,