uodsp: Online Fall 2016 Undergrad Course: DIS 383: Disability History and Culture: From Homer to Hip Hop

[Heidi von Ravensberg]

Appoligies for the duplicate message – I resent due to technical difficulties.

From: Jane Squires [mailto:jane.squires at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:47 AM
To: Heidi von Ravensberg
Subject: Fwd: Online Fall 2016 Undergrad Course: DIS 383: Disability History and Culture: From Homer to Hip Hop

Sounds so fun  Maybe share with our Dis Studies group.  Jane

Jane Squires, Ph.D.
Director, Center on Human Development
Professor, Early Intervention/Special Ed.
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From: Steve Brown <sebrown at hawaii.edu>
Subject: Online Fall 2016 Undergrad Course: DIS 383: Disability History and Culture: From Homer to Hip Hop
Date: July 27, 2016 at 8:45:14 AM PDT
To: "COCA" <aucd_coca at lyrisvs.aucd.org>
Reply-To: Steve Brown <sebrown at hawaii.edu>

DIS 383: Disability History and Culture: From Homer to Hip Hop
An online (asynchronous-access at your own time), upper division, 3 credit course
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Steven Brown, Professor (Affiliate Faculty)
Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Email: sebrown at hawaii.edu
ALL Qualified Students Eligible for In-State Tuition
(Please note: Financial Aid is available for Outreach or Extension courses-please let Financial Aid Office know you may be enrolled in both UHM and Extension courses)

     Overview of the history of disability from a disability studies perspective, a multidisciplinary and global approach to studying disability perspectives, focused on personal and collective responses to difference(s) based on disability.

COURSE GOALS
  Learn how a broad range of societies have treated people with disabilities.
  Read & discuss policies, perceptions; living conditions; and roles of persons with disabilities historically, individually and collectively.
  Address ideas of impairment; politics and legislation; diversity; advocacy; and education.
  Historical perspectives will provide insight into current perceptions of disability issues.
  Skills to be developed include critical thinking, organizing, and conveying information.

Upper division students in history & all other disciplines, including art, ethnic studies, psychology, political science, interdisciplinary studies, education, public policy, communications, American studies, special education, health sciences, sociology, architecture, disability studies & social work--and whatever else fits.

For more information, see:

https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.class?i=MAN&t=201713&c=1071

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My latest book:
Ed Roberts: Wheelchair Genius
Biography of late 20th century American disability rights pioneer and activist, Ed Roberts, written for Middle Grade students

Steven E. Brown, Ph.D.
Affiliate Faculty
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai‘i
Honolulu, HI 96822-2313
www.cds.hawaii.edu
S:  stevenebrown
T:  @disculture
F: Steve Brown
Co-Founder: Institute on Disability Culture
Website: www.instituteondisabilityculture.org

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