504 Sit-ins
Judith Heumann, Kitty Cone, and Mary Jane Owen
Who are the organizers of the 504 sit-ins?
This model describes disability as an impairment of the body and seeks to make the disabled “normal.”
What is the medical model of disability?
This style of speaking puts emphasis on the person affected by a disability, not the disability itself.
What is person-first language?
The self-representation of this type of narrative makes it useful for the disabled to share their stories as they lived them.
What is a first-person narrative?
This community is more likely to be subject to a diagnosis of hysteria or anxiety, as opposed to a proper diagnosis.
What is the female community?
Government failure to enforce the legislation of section 504 of the rehabilitation act
What is the reason for the 504 sit-ins?
This model describes disability as an aspect of identity and a mismatch between a person and their environment.
What is the social model of disability?
This style of speaking puts emphasis on the disability, not the person affected by it.
What is disability-first language?
This form of media often resonates with children and gives them a more positive self-image, regardless of their status as disabled or not.
What is a graphic novel?
People of these communities often struggle more to receive adequate healthcare due to systemic inequalities.
What are communities of color?
The department buildings that 504 protestors sat in on for 25 days
What are HEW offices?
Under the social model of disability, it is considered the “solution” to disabilities.
What is changing the environment and society?
The sum total of behaviors, beliefs, ways of living, and material artifacts that are unique to persons affected by disability.
What is disability culture?
There is a lot of inaccurate or exaggerated disability representation in this form of media.
What is film?
The disabled community is often wrongfully thought to identify with this sexuality
What is asexuality?
The secretary of HEW who needed to sign the regulations into place.
Who is Secretary Joseph Califano?
Under the medical model of disability, the disabled are to closely follow the advice of these people.
Who are medical experts?
This federal civil rights law prohibits discrimination against the disabled in everyday activities
What is the ADA?
This practice indicates that disability is often used as a catalyst for other narratives, or representational power.
What is narrative prosthesis?
Marginalized communities, such as the disabled or communities of color, are more likely to be subject to this controversial practice.
What is eugenics?
These proposed policies would have made special schools for disabled children instead of keeping them in mainstream education programs.
What are separate but equal policies?
This model is often seen in the media, describing disability as having meaning about a person's deeds, character, and karma.
What is the moral model of disability?
This war increased the pressure on the government to provide veterans with rehabilitation and vocational training.
What is World War II?
These dark, exaggerated, sometimes gruesome elements often correlate with stories of disability.
What are gothic elements of literature?
The odds of men and women in this community to be disabled is much higher than those not in the community
What is the LGBTQ community?