Disability Studies 2023A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hegemonic Masculinity, Medical Model, Intellectual Disability

• School: Western University
• Department: Disability Studies
• Course: Disability Studies 2023A/B
• Professor: Shelley Macpharland

Document Summary

News frames & body politics: how the media sways us. Is there a trickle-down effect: trickle-down effect, alleges that performances of elite athletes inspire others to become active and partake in sport, ex. Us soccer team was doing well there was an increase in little girls playing soccer: are the disabled atheltes in the olympics also causing a trickle down affect. Is there a paralympic social legacy: social (disability) legacy, disrupts commonly held beliefs regarding disability and accessibility issues, and empowers social change, an event can disrupt beleifs and empower social change, ex. After london paralympics people said there was a shift in the way the rest of the world thought of disability sport. Negative light: athletic performance frame (apf) Focus on athletic performance over disability or financial situation. Seen in coverage of able bodied male athletes. Females not so much appearance talked about more with them: mixed frame (mf) Competing elements of dptf and apf; real life .