Disability, Empathy & Technology

Catalog description

This course aims to introduce students to the experience of people with disabilities and to develop empathy skills in students so they can have effective working partnerships with people with disabilities. Students will also develop the ability to switch between empathic and analytic orientations. Students will participate in four elements: 1. Student presentations on professional roles in working with people with disabilities; 2. Classroom training specific empathy skills; 3. Interprofessional interactions with other students; 4. Regular visits to the home of a specific person with a disability.