Women's Studies 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: High-Floor, Physical Data Model, Fide
18 Dec 2017
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Our definition of the other" group comes from the dominant group. Otherness , fear and the suppression of knowledge about how people live with disabilities. Disabled women are often not showcased in media, and if they are they are showcased as other". Prosthetic legs: not just looking real" and human" but as art colorful, creative. A prosthetic limb does not have to represent loss anymore. Took away the filter" of parents and teachers. Focuses on skills and ability in the game. Not on the fact that players are disabled masculinity: types of skills that are valued are specific to masculinity. This videos showcase that people with disabilities can respond to and refute cultural norms" of ability and disability. Disabled bodies marked as negatively different and less valuable than the taken- for-granted" (norm) of the able body . Wheelchair symbol to signify disability/rehabilitation from the 60s. Design erased the person in the wheelchair - dehumanizing.
