History of Disability

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This course explores the history of disability and its emergence as an international human rights issue. It approaches disability as a social construct, recognizing that the experience and comprehension of “impairment” have differed over time and place. We will focus on the development of medical models to treat disability in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the responses of persons with disabilities and the evolution of the disability rights movement in the United States and globally since the 1970s. Students will have the opportunity to delve into a rich and fascinating history that affects us all and also to perform original research on the history of an important social movement. GCP Coding : (SSHB) (OCOM). Cross-listed with GRAS 2410.