Disability Identity
What is a Disability?
1.) A medical impairment that keeps you from working or otherwise gainfully getting money
OR
2.) Having a condition that creates barriers in your community
Consider the following situation:
Cindy is an amputee who lost her left arm. While at school, Cindy's friends consistently sit on her right side, making it hard for her to eat. One day, Cindy gets so frustrated that she gets up and storms out one day and refuses to talk to her friends after that moment. Did Cindy properly advocate for herself?
Absolutely... NOT!
Name someone in your inner circle.
Did you say your pet?
No?
Okay you still got the right answer then.
"One day I'll go to the moon"
Is this a dream or a goal?
z z z z z.... That's a dream!
What is the hardest tree in the world?
Disabilities can be categorized as these two types.
2.) Invisible
What does self-advocacy mean?
Let others know, through proper communication, what your wants and needs are.
Who is someone in our outer circle?
Goals are something that you have no control over.
I absolutely will not stand for this, and neither will you guys!
How long is a Marathon?
26.2 miles
What does disclosure mean?
To let people know that you have a disability.
What is one of the most important and effective way to effectively let people know your needs?
Communicate them!
USE YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEMS!
It is not. Remember what the A in SMART means. Although John's goal is Specific, Measurable, and Timely, it is not Attainable to him within his timeframe.
What is different about the month of August?
King Augustus named it after himself because he didn't like the previous name of "Sextilla".
Define and give at least one example of Labels and/or stereotypes for people with disabilities.
Words or phrases that people use to put someone down based on the way they look, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, so on.
Common Labels and stereotypes: The R-word, pitiful, you're faking it, unable to hear or read, people have to talk very slow, you don't look disabled.
In order to be a proper self-advocate, who do you need to know the most about?
Yourself!
Bus drivers, cashers, instructers.
Why is it important to come up with goals?
Goals can help us all create the life that we want!
What is Mr. Ben's favorite ice cream flavor?
What is it, Mr. Ben?
What is Ableism?
Ableism is a form of discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities.
Consider the following (very hypothetical situation):
You are doing your math homework and it is taking you a long time, well after dinner. Your parents start to yell at you because you have not done the dishes yet. You explain to your parents that you have an exam coming up and you really need to study for this exam because you do not want to fail. Your parents understand and allow you to complete your homework while they do the dishes. Is this self-advocacy?
way + T0 = GO!
Good for you for advocating for yourself!
What is a Peer Support?
Specific
Measureable
Attainable
Relevant
Timely
Who was the famous tounge twister poem "She sells sea shells by the sea shore"?
Mary Anning, the worlds first female paleontologist!