REC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Constructionism, Co-Creation, Intellectual Disability
5 Jun 2018
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Module 8 Leisure and Disability
Therapeutic Recreation is one of five majors in the Department of Recreation and Leisure
Studies at the University of Waterloo
What is Disability?
o An impairment is a problem in body function or structure
o an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task
or action
o a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement
in life situations.”
types of disability in Canada varied by age
o young people (15 to 24)
mental/psychological disabilities, learning disabilities, and pain
o aged 45 to 64 mostly
challenges with pain, flexibility and mobility
A History of Disability in Canada
disability only became a distinct social category after the eighteenth century
- disabled people have been viewed as inferior, dangerous, tragic, pathetic and not quite
human. They have been kept apart from other people by the practice of institutionalization
and by hostile attitudes and an inaccessible environment
Beginning around 1760
the Canadian government gave the church full responsibility for society's “unfavourable”
citizens
the late 1800s
intolerance towards people with disabilities became the common sentiment; hope for curing
disabilities was replaced with a sense that people with disabilities were dangerous
1900s
the suggestion was first made that people with disabilities should be moved from institutions
into the community,
the late 1950s
this notion would begin to influence the treatment of people with disabilities
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Document Summary
Therapeutic recreation is one of five majors in the department of recreation and leisure. A history of disability in canada disability only became a distinct social category after the eighteenth century. Disabled people have been viewed as inferior, dangerous, tragic, pathetic and not quite human. They have been kept apart from other people by the practice of institutionalization and by hostile attitudes and an inaccessible environment. 1900s the suggestion was first made that people with disabilities should be moved from institutions into the community, the late 1950s this notion would begin to influence the treatment of people with disabilities. 1920s to the 1970s, people with disabilities were still denied full participation in society, but were beginning to get support and training to take on jobs. In the 1970s disability is the result of society failing to accommodate people of varying ability levels.
