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ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:
This activity aims to offer students an opportunity to r
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:
This activity aims to offer students an opportunity to reflect on access and interdependence as it relates to disability justice. This assignment is designed to help you examine interdependence and its role in how the disability community is perceived within society. This assignment helps us explore ideas of independence in contrast to access and interdependence and the impact of these concepts in society. Think about it. Independence is a concept that most of us glorify from a young age.
Think about elementary school…your teacher praising you for completing a task “all by yourself.”
Think about college assignments…mostly individual assignments and assessments rather than collaborative group work.
Think about housing communities…there are neighborhoods where neighbors rarely interact, even to say hello.
Think about government agencies…many agencies work independently of each other in compartmentalized silos, resulting in inefficiency and waste of resources.
Societally, interdependence is not a commonly reinforced or endorsed concept. Many assert that disability justice cannot be realized unless society makes a concentrated effort to honor interdependence.
This assignment will ask you to reflect on, analyze, and dive deeper into what interdependence means and how it relates to access and disability justice.
Assignment Requirements:
You can decide how you want to present your work for this assignment. We are modeling the concept of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to allow you the freedom and flexibility to present material in a way that works best for you. To receive total points, you must address/answer all of the questions listed below in some way and follow the rubric. If you choose an artistic format, you must address the questions (video recording, write-up, audio description, etc). There are many ways to complete this assignment:
Essay
PowerPoint
Adobe Spark
Song
Art
Video
REMINDER: AS LONG AS YOU ADDRESS ALL OF THE POINTS LISTED BELOW AND FOLLOW THE RUBRIC, YOU WILL LIKELY RECEIVE FULL POINTS.
Required Assignment Activity & Prompts:
PART 1: THE MYTH OF INDEPENDENCE
Answer: How do you value independence? Where did this valuing of independence originate in your own life? We’ve all been told the importance of independence, but where does this idea come from? Reflect on your own life:
Consider your childhood – were you praised for doing this “all by yourself?”
In education – were most assignments individual efforts, or did you get to collaborate with others?
In your community – do people generally interact with their neighbors, or is there a sense of isolation?
PART 2: INTERDEPENDENCE IN ACTION
Read the following: The Imperative of Efficiency and the Importance of InterdependenceLinks to an external site. by Eleni Stephanides
Answer: The author references “time poverty.” What does the author mean by this? How does our fast-paced society hinder your ability to connect and help yourself and others?
Answer: Explain how interdependence is critical to your life quality.
PART 3: DISABILITY JUSTICE AND INTERDEPENDENCE
Read the transcriptLinks to an external site. or watch the followingvideoLinks to an external site.(1hr 10 min) for Access Intimacy, Interdependence, and Disability Justice by Mia Mingus.
Review The 10 Principles of Disability JusticeLinks to an external site. and answer the following:
Explain: “Access intimacy” and how it differs from simply creating logistically or legally accessible spaces. This comparison/contrast should include your own examples of access intimacy versus access.
PART 4: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Answer: How have the concepts of access intimacy, interdependence, or disability justice contributed to the life of one of our guest speakers this semester?
Answer: How might the concept of interdependence challenge societal structures and thinking? Are there any aspects of interdependence that you are more drawn to? Are there any aspects that you struggle with? Explain.
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