Th March 30
Lecture slides in Powerpoint (145kb)
Videos: Talk (Disability Rights Commission, UK, 2004); Able to Laugh (Fanlight Productions, 1993, Ode Media Video FP 018)

Tues Apr 4th Definitions and Models
Lecture slides in Powerpoint (Dennis)

Thur Apr 6 Inventing the Ab/normal: History of Disability
Lecture slides in PP (Joanne, 10.7Mb, tons of pictures)
Extra sources: Arthur Shapiro, "Early Attitudes and Their Legacies," in Everybody Belongs (ebook available thru UW library)
Catherine Kudlick, "Disability History: Why We Need Another Other" (American Historical Review online)
"Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project," NPR (link)
"Disability Social History Project" (http://www.disabilityhistory.org/)

Tues Apr 11: in-class video, When Billy Broke His Head, is on reserve at Odegaard Media.

Thur Apr 13 Stigma: theories and challenges
Part I: Lecture slides in PP (Dennis)
Part II: Lecture slides PP (Joanne, 5.4Mb)

Extra sources:
"A Chronology of the Disability Rights Movements" (http://www.sfsu.edu/~hrdpu/chron.htm)
ADAPT webpage (http://www.adapt.org/)
NPR program "My Lobotomy" (link)

Tues Apr 18: in-class video, Sound and Fury (2001), is on reserve at Odegaard Media.
PBS website for the video (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury/index.html)
Related reading: new book about cochlear implants, disability, technology: Michael Chorost, Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
"Brain chip research aims for future movement" (CNN, Mar 2, 2006)

Thur Apr 20: Perspectives on impairment and disability
Lecture slides in PP (Joanne, 200kb)

Tues Apr 25: Disability law and policies: creating inclusive environments
Guest speaker: Rebecca Cory, Ph.D.
Lecture slides in PP (Rebecca Cory)

Thur Apr 27: video in class, Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back, is on reserve at Ode Media.

Tues May 2: survey reports

Thurs May 4: guest lecture on disability arts by Prof. Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren, UW Bothell. Her book, which she discussed in class, is titled Hearing Difference: The Third Ear in Experimental, Deaf, and Multicultural Theater (Amazon link).

Tues May 9: Eugenics then and now
Lecture slides in Powerpoint (Joanne, 2.2Mb)
Additional web resources:
Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement (eugenicsarchive.org)
"Couple choose to have deaf baby" (Word)
"Should Kirsten Johnson be allowed to have kids?" (Word)

Thur May 11: Bioethics and human rights
Lecture slides in Powerpoint (Dennis)
Harriet McBryde Johnson, "Why Congress was right to stick up for Terri Schiavo" (Slate.com, March 23, 2005)
"When torment is baby's destiny, euthanasia is defended," (NY Times, Mar 10, 2005)

Tues May 16: Intersections: Disability and Gender Studies
discussion of readings
discussion of artifact 3

Thurs May 18: Disability in Russian society and culture
guest speaker: Prof. Jose Alaniz, Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
"Perspecktiva," website with link to the Russian Disability Film Festival (http://eng.perspektiva-inva.ru/)

Tues May 23: ADA today: implementation, rulings, attitudes
Lecture notes in Powerpoint (Joanne)
"Sandra Day O'Connor and Disability Rights," Ragged Edge Online (July 3, 2005)
"Justices back Oregon suicide law," OregonLive.com (Jan 18, 2006)
"Why disability rights activists oppose physician-assisted suicide," Ragged Edge (Jan 18, 2006)

Thurs May 25: Independence and interdependence (Essay #3 due)
Video in class: If I Can't Do It, 1998, about disability activist Arthur Campbell
guide (pdf) and review (pdf) of the video

Tues May 30: Disability as diversity, wrap-up discussion
course evaluations
time for small group work on artifacts project

Thurs June 1: in class poster session, see handout

Wed June 7, by 6:30 pm: submit essay analyzing your artifacts. Send it by email (Word) to jwoiak@u.washington.edu, or bring a hard copy and self-addressed stamped envelope to Padelford B-425 (there will be a box outside the door).