Video Project

When most people think about nursing homes they think of a bunch of old people living in a big building. Sadly many young people living with disabilities are placed into nursing homes and forgotten about. The funny thing is that if a small amount of money was given to accommodate these people they would be [...]

Home care vs Nursing homes

When people living with disabilities are able to get into the work force using Vocational rehabilitation then every one dollar spent to help get someone living with a disability a job, $8 dollars is returned to the federal and state governments. By getting more people supporting their selves the more money could be used for [...]

Disempowering

Disempowering someone is to take away there ability to be treated equally and therefore now have no influence to make things better for themselves. In the movie, “The kids are Albright”, with Mike Irvin, disempowerment was seen in a very covert way. While millions of people see the telethon and give money they do not [...]

Hierarchy of Stigma

The perceived cause of the disability can influence the degree of stigma directed toward the individual (Smart pg. 101). If someone has been hurt in an n accident situation a person is more likely be able to relate them because a car accident for example, can happen to anyone at any time. However when the disability [...]

Terminology

Recently there was a discussion I was a part of debating weather people living with disabilities had to use “pc” terminology when they were talking about disabilities. My response to this is that they can. Because they know more about their disability then anyone else since they have to live with it then they can [...]

The thin Line

“Confessed Murderers” Cleared and Freed (Florida, Arkansas, Pennsylvania)
During 2003, at least three men with mental retardation who had confessed to murders were released after their confessions were discarded.
One was Timothy Brown, who reportedly has an IQ of 56. Brown was freed in May after spending nearly 12 years behind bars for the 1990 killing of [...]

Spokesman Review, Million Dollar Baby

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‘Million Dollar Baby’ perpetuates stereotypes, Rebecca Nappisays.
Not everyone thrilled with plot twist
Rebecca Nappi
The Spokesman-Review
February 2, 2005
Warning: This column reveals the twist at the end of the boxing movie “Million Dollar Baby.” If you don’t want to know it, don’t read past this first paragraph. My editors made me put that warning in. But [...]

Funny?

Humor in movies is a debate between, exploitation vs. increased awareness. Some people will say that when you are able to look at a touchy topic and bring humor out of it then it is funny and helps people accepted the topic. But in reality this just pushes stereotypes and helps people form negative schemas [...]

Video for Euthanasia- Pros vs Cons

Getting Started Ces 440

This blog is going to discuss issues regrading people living with Disabilities and how their lives are effected by the media, the government, and our society. I will be writing on the pros and cons of the media in relation to people living with disabilities. I will write about the current laws that have been [...]