What do You Know About Disability What Does Society Believe About Disability Depiction of Disability in the Media Pitiable and pathetic Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol Object of violence Audrey Hepburns character who is terrorized as an individual who is blind in the movie ID: 366787
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Disability Inclusion and AppreciationSlide2
What do You Know About Disability?Slide3
What Does Society Believe About Disability?Slide4
Depiction of Disability in the Media
Pitiable and pathetic: Tiny Tim in
A Christmas Carol.
Object of violence: Audrey Hepburn’s character, who is terrorized as an individual who is blind in the movie
Wait Until Dark.
Sinister or evil: Captain Ahab, who has one prosthetic leg in
Moby Dick.
Atmosphere: Individuals who are background characters, such as blind musicians.
Super
Crip
: The private detective who used a wheelchair in the television show
Ironsides.
Laughable: Mr.
Magoo
, who had a visual impairment.
His or her own worst—and only—enemy: Those who are portrayed as whiners who could succeed if they tried harder.
Burden: Those who appear to others as ―helpless‖ and being in need of care.
Nonsexual: Those who appear ―as totally incapable of sexual activity.
Incapable of fully participating in everyday life: Those who are presented as unable to be included in activities as employees, brothers or sisters, students, etc. Slide5
Feature Film Representation
Of …1,051 films studied, …120 (slightly more than 11 percent) included people with disabilities, with psychiatric disorders being represented most frequently. The authors also found a much larger number of films with negative portrayals of people with disabilities (98) than positive portrayals (22). Slide6
What Can
I Do to
Combat Negative Influences
?
Be
aware
Challenge what you think, see and hear
Be proactive
Be a champion Slide7
Successful Inclusion in Your Program
Community Outreach
Program Design
Access to the Program Site and
Related Program EssentialsSlide8
Reasonable Accommodation: Ensuring Equal Opportunity
The Application Process
The Essential Functions of the
Position
Enjoy Equal Benefits of the
Service Experience Slide9
Disability Community Development Plans
Goal 1: AmeriCorps programs will increase the number of partnerships with disability organizations resulting in increased capacity to include persons with disabilities in AmeriCorps.
Goal 2: Persons with disabilities will complete a service experience with an AmeriCorps program. Slide10
Outputs for Goal 1
First – Third Year Outputs:
Three partnerships
Fourth Year – Ongoing Outputs:
Five partnerships
Clarification:
In the AmeriCorps grantees first program year, three (3) partnerships will be established with the following statewide agencies: Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Florida Division of Blind Services and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. In year four of the AmeriCorps grantees contract cycle, AmeriCorps Grantees will established two (2) additional partnerships with disability organizations. Ideally, one (1) required partnership to be a recognized exceptional education counterpart of the Florida Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services and one (1) of the AmeriCorps programs choosing. Slide11
Outcomes for Goal 2
Outcomes:
As a result of the creation of partnerships with disability organizations a minimum of five (5) individuals with varying disabilities will complete an individual service experience with the AmeriCorps program each year.Slide12
Individual Service Experiences
Partnerships established between AmeriCorps grantees and disability organizations need to result in persons with disabilities provided one or more of the following “hands on” activities:
Shadowing
Volunteering
InternshipsSlide13
Questions?