What Does Kaplan Say That Disability Is Socially Constructed
DIVERSE IDENTITIES ADV
Shai Mesika Period 1 Class Notes
UNIT II: JEWS WITH DISABILITIES
October 4, 2012
What is a disability?
- Anything that limits your day to day activities
- Something that causes you to be physically and emotionally separated from a community
- Something that interferes with the way people see you or the way you see people
- Something that you can consider a disability, the words that people use for themselves are correct http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/demographics-identity/dkaplanpaper.htm Read the article by Deborah Kaplan carefully until “Reference 6” and then answer these questions with a partner.
KAPLAN QUESTIONS 1. What are the four models Kaplan describes? Explain each one in your own words.
-Moral Model: is the way the person with disabilities is being treated. The person who has the disability is left at home, doesn’t go to school and is not presented to society. He is usually excluded from the community and does not get attention from family or friends he …show more content…
What does Kaplan mean by saying that disability is “socially constructed”?
Kaplan means that everyone is the judge of themselves. If the person has a disability or is impaired or is handicapped, says they are disabled; then they are. If that person says they aren't disabled then they aren't. It is about how that specific person feels about themselves and no one can say otherwise.
4. Kaplan’s final paragraph is below. Do you agree that we should not draw “an artificial line that separates ‘disabled people’ from others”?
Yes, I agree with Kaplan. No one should be judging us, only we have the ability to judge ourselves. If someone feels that he is not disabled and very firmly says he isn’t, then we can not tell him that he is. We can’t tell people who have disabilities how they feel about themselves. If the person is really not in a good state, and says yes I am disabled then we respect their opinion about themselves and try our best to help
Shai Mesika Period 1 Class Notes
UNIT II: JEWS WITH DISABILITIES
October 4, 2012
What is a disability?
- Anything that limits your day to day activities
- Something that causes you to be physically and emotionally separated from a community
- Something that interferes with the way people see you or the way you see people
- Something that you can consider a disability, the words that people use for themselves are correct http://www.accessiblesociety.org/topics/demographics-identity/dkaplanpaper.htm Read the article by Deborah Kaplan carefully until “Reference 6” and then answer these questions with a partner.
KAPLAN QUESTIONS 1. What are the four models Kaplan describes? Explain each one in your own words.
-Moral Model: is the way the person with disabilities is being treated. The person who has the disability is left at home, doesn’t go to school and is not presented to society. He is usually excluded from the community and does not get attention from family or friends he …show more content…
What does Kaplan mean by saying that disability is “socially constructed”?
Kaplan means that everyone is the judge of themselves. If the person has a disability or is impaired or is handicapped, says they are disabled; then they are. If that person says they aren't disabled then they aren't. It is about how that specific person feels about themselves and no one can say otherwise.
4. Kaplan’s final paragraph is below. Do you agree that we should not draw “an artificial line that separates ‘disabled people’ from others”?
Yes, I agree with Kaplan. No one should be judging us, only we have the ability to judge ourselves. If someone feels that he is not disabled and very firmly says he isn’t, then we can not tell him that he is. We can’t tell people who have disabilities how they feel about themselves. If the person is really not in a good state, and says yes I am disabled then we respect their opinion about themselves and try our best to help