EDP 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Invisible Disability, Umbrella Term, Visual Impairment

• School: Miami University
• Department: Educational Psychology
• Course: EDP 256
• Professor: Johnson Ashley

Document Summary

Disability: no agreed upon definition: a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term is used to refer to an individual functioning, including physical, cognitive or sensory impairment or types of chronic disease. Umbrella term covering impairments and activity limitations. Impairment: problem in the body function and structure. 12. 6% of non-institutionalized reported a disability in 2013(all people) 10% of the population in the us have an invisible disability. Largest minority that anyone can join at any. Media portrays people with disabilities in many ways. Disney movies: captain hook seen as a villain. People can be seen as a source of inspiration: overcoming the odds. Many people have only experienced disabled people for objects of inspirationthere to inspire others, not really. To live with disability makes you exceptional, wrong.