Crime Illness And Disability Homework Questions

Crime Illness And Disability Homework Questions

Answer only five questions out of the following eight questions. Informal citations required and ethical use of ideas of others. Review the questions and sketch out an idea of what you want to include for each question. Your discussion should be clear, concise, coherent and insightful. Understanding, analysis and synthesis are the main aims. A good response should be no more than about two or three paragraphs so please choose your words carefully.

Questions
1.
Define
disability, impairment and handicap. What significance do these have for
disability studies and for people with disabilities?

2.
What
are (one or two) of the big bioethical issues of our era? What two errors in
assumptions do medically oriented understandings of impairment contain? (Asch,
pg 300)

3.
With
reference to the Rossiter reading, what were some of the ways that people with
intellectual disabilities were regarded as less than human or de-humanized? How
does de-humanization enable abuse to continue?

4.
Discuss
the contributions to your understanding of disability from the point of view of
Elyn Saks. What were some of the claims that Saks made with regard to the use
of force and persuasion (physical restraints, medication)?

5.
With
reference to any of the readings, how do you now understand the process of
medicalization? Provide an example and discuss the outcome of the medical
regard.

6.
How
does Riva Lehrer add to your understanding of some of the cultural issues of
people with disabilities? What is Lehrer’s experience with the world and how is
this represented in her words and images? What does sex have to do with
disability?

7.
With
reference to any of the readings, how do you now understand the process of
criminalization? Provide an example and discuss the outcome of the
criminological regard.

8.
What
is privacy (Anthony) and why is it important to disability rights? What are the
fundamental rights outlined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and why are
these particularly important to issues of crime, illness and disability?