Disability And Rehabilitation In Jamaica

Disability and Rehabilitation in Jamaica Dr. Dennis J. Edwards Head of the Psychology Unit University of the West Indies, Mona Campus Kingston, Jamaica Dr. Michael L. Dorn Urban Education & Disability Studies Programs Temple University College of Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Disability and Rehabilitation in Jamaica

Building disability community @ Temple U.

Raising the visibility of childhood disability

Jamaica’s challenges

Moving forward

Building Disability Community @ Temple U

Philadelphia was a key early center of civil rights agitation

Temple U. attracts diverse students from across the globe

The disability movement itself is globalizing

Disabled in Action Newsletters Building on a rich history ...

Disabled in Action Newsletters riding the public bus ...

Piss on Pity: ADAPT protest photos Advocating for the option of shifting the Medicaid funding that currently goes to support placements in nursing homes towards the expenses of living independently and employing personal assistants. ADAPT! fighting against institutions ...

Disabled in Action Newsletters and celebrating victories.

Filmmaker Shelley Barry Stills from Shelley Barry's autobiographical work 'Whole: A Trinity of Being. recognizing our diversity ...

Presenting at the Pennsylvania Statehouse ... getting the word out ...

Urban Education Summer Abroad Program in Jamaica learning about Community-Based Rehabilitation [CBR] ... building international partnerships ...

The Disability Rights Movement has gone global

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Maestrapeace Art Works, http://www.maestrapeace.com

Photo credit: Leah, Toronto, Canada http://www.flickr.com/photos/loveandbicycles

Philadelphia was a important early center for agitation

Philadelphia was a important early center for agitation

Our challenge : how to capture this complex story for the benefit of our students

The Graduate Certificate in Disability Studies

12 semester hours of course work

Students can take courses as continuing education, or in combination with one of Temple University’s masters or Ph.D. programs

Steve Eidelman teaching Disability and Social Policy. Today Carol Marfisi, Mike Dorn and David Mitchell and Julie Kessler continue this important tradition

Cultural Environment Disability Studies Blogs and Meetups

Disability Studies, Temple University

Community-building Activities Disability Studies Meetups South Jersey singer-songwriter Melody Gardot took the 'stage' at our November 2, 2006 Disability Studies Meetup. She performed material from her first two albums and spoke about her emerging understanding of herself, her abilities, and her disabilities. Homer Avila, amazing dancer from New York City who performed live at the conference 'Disability Studies & the University,' Emory University, March 5-7, 2004.

U.S. Department of Education Grant Higher Education for All

Goal to in insure that students with disabilities are not only accommodated but also vitalized .

Disability Studies faculty partner with Mosiac humanities faculty.

Modeling Universal Design for Learning.

Mike will be guest lecturing on Sir Thomas More’s Utopia , and Jane Jacob’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities .

Raising the Visibility of Childhood Disability in Jamaica

Contesting the charity mindset

Creating new role models

Recognizing disability as a shared human responsibility

contesting outmoded representations

Jerry Lewis received the Jean Herscholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Award Ceremony.

Outside the auditorium, his award was greeted not with applause but derision by a small group of disability activists.

changing the way we see one other

Cerrie Burnell of the BBC children’s show CBeebies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

not every parent is seems to enjoy answering their children’s questions however

disability as everyone’s concern

Leader of the Tory Opposition, David Cameron at home with Ivan

http://news.bbc.co.uk

across political and ideological divides, a recognition of shared humanity and loss

Jamaica’s Challenges in responding to difference

Much disability in Jamaica remains hidden from view

Spotted history

Potential for mixed motives

Location and stigma

Spotted history of surveillance and health promotion

Mico College anthropometric case 3: pedigree

http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/static

constructed by Morris Steggerda for Race Crossing in Jamaica

Date: 1927

Source: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives, Steggerda, Box 5 Folder 46, 97 2640e

accusations of disability in studies of the ‘other’

“ There exists in mankind a strong instinct for homogeneity. Even children tend to mock the cripple or deformed person. A homogeneous group of white people will always be led by its instincts to separate from Negroes, Chinese and other groups that are morphologically dissimilar from themselves.”