American Movies & Media
1990 Film that Follows the Exploits of a Southern well-doer
Forest Gump
Persistent sadness, feeling hopeless & loss of interest
Depression
Deceased actor and star of Dead Poets Society & Good Will Hunting
Robin Williams
In The Spoon Theory, this device is used metaphorically to measure the amount of energy that a particular individual with chronic illnesses must expend and manage throughout their day.
Spoon
T/F: Disability in the U.S. has historically been equated with dependency on others.
True
John Steinbeck novella that follows the struggles of several Americans in the Great Depression
Of Mice and Men
Strong fear of being alone, ongoing feeling of emptiness & impulsive behavior
Borderline personality disorder
Netflix’s “Stranger Things” & British Actress
Millie Bobby Brown
What systemic issue does the Emmet Till article associate with the erasure of disability?
White Supremacy
T/F: The definition of what a “disability” is is largely ahistorical.
False
This 1959 novel involves an experimental surgery to enhance one’s intellectual ability
Flowers for Algernon
Making little eye-contact, difficulties with back-and-forth convos, repetitive behaviors
an Academy Award winner for their role in the movie “The Help”
Octavia Spencer
What post-polio symptom did Emmet Till suffer from?
Speech disability
The contemporary disability rights movement has focused heavily on redefining and reclaiming certain language, much like this movement did throughout the 20th century in the United States for roughly half the nation's population.
Feminism
Sean Penn stars as a disabled father who fights to regain custody of his daughter
I Am Sam
Difficulty spelling and difficulty rhyming
This singer and actress was just “Born this Way”
Lady Gaga
In Emmet Till reading, what used to be considered a “white disease”?
Polio
This word describes a system that assigns value to people based on societal norms of normalcy, productivity, and fitness, and is deeply rooted in eugenics, anti-Blackness, and colonialism.
Ableism as defined by Talila Lewis
2021 film that follows a non-disabled teenager in an otherwise entirely deaf family
CODA
Different forms of: ___ pain include arthritis, migraines, neck pain.
Chronic pain
This actor and Church of Scientology member who does their own movie stunts
What intersections does the article emphasize as crucial to understanding social justice?
The intersection of race and disability.
This landmark 1990 law prohibits discrimination based on disability in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, and transportation.
American with Disabilities Act