[HLTHAGE 3D03] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (49 pages long!)

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Introduction: savelli: savellm@mcmaster. ca monday 12-4pm= office hours kth233. Disability represented by wheelchairs and other people helping them= dependence & stereotypes. = meant to be symbols of accessibility= spaces/places or initiatives to increase accessibility for people. however why dominance of wheelchair image. Symbols have immense power. can be freeing but can also be restricting. Arms open wide= supposed to be freeing= liberation= overcoming. can be positive aspects they also have a dangerous aspect to them. emphasis on disabilities of the body. = athletes with disabilities. only represents certain disabilities. saying that to accept your disability you have to rise above it and show that it"s not a limitation. sets the bar high= overcoming disability instead of living with it. = sickness, hospital, medicine= we cannot separate chronic illness from medicine. but can be at odds with personal experience with people feeling that medicine was not beneficial for them. Invisible illnesses= hard to interact with others or how others don"t understand.

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