Comments for Disability Resource Center http://ualr.edu/disability University of Arkansas at Little Rock Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:44:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 Comment on How do you frame disability? by Anmol Bhatia http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-7 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:44:21 +0000 http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-7 Disability is the largest population with greatest amount of power when unified. By this I mean that since there 54,000,000 people with disability, when we come together we have the ability to really make a difference. There is potential to make a difference. Disability is the largest population with greatest amount of power when unified. By this I mean that since there 54,000,000 people with disability, when we come together we have the ability to really make a difference. There is potential to make a difference.

]]> Comment on How do you frame disability? by Anmol Bhatia http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-6 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:38:23 +0000 http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-6 This is a vary interesting concept, however, I would define disability as life's hardships and alteration of carrying out activities from the way that everyone else caries it out. By this I mean that people with disabilities are capable of carrying out everyday activites, but in a different way from everyone else. Disability does present hardships in life. This is the fact that one can not avoid. However, it is a challenge that one can certainly overcome. Therefore, disability should be defined in a possative way and not in a negative way. This is a vary interesting concept, however, I would define disability as life’s hardships and alteration of carrying out activities from the way that everyone else caries it out. By this I mean that people with disabilities are capable of carrying out everyday activites, but in a different way from everyone else. Disability does present hardships in life. This is the fact that one can not avoid. However, it is a challenge that one can certainly overcome. Therefore, disability should be defined in a possative way and not in a negative way.

]]> Comment on How do you frame disability? by Chyrle E Cantrell http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-3 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:53:28 +0000 http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-3 Disability is the common factor that defines the largest minority in the United States (affecting 1 in every 5 persons over the age of 16 at some time in their lives). Disability is then just another of life's possibilities. However, it also defines the largest group of people who are unemployed and live at or below the poverty level. Beatrice Wright (in 1983) spoke to the "bias" of the temporarily able and stated a simple concept; "Every individual needs respect and encouragement; the presence of a disability, no matter how severe, does not alter these fundamental rights." Another thought that also resonates with me is that a society is defined by how it meets the needs of its weakest members. This in not an original thought but one I keep hoping will catch on. Disability is the common factor that defines the largest minority in the United States (affecting 1 in every 5 persons over the age of 16 at some time in their lives). Disability is then just another of life’s possibilities. However, it also defines the largest group of people who are unemployed and live at or below the poverty level. Beatrice Wright (in 1983) spoke to the “bias” of the temporarily able and stated a simple concept; “Every individual needs respect and encouragement; the presence of a disability, no matter how severe, does not alter these fundamental rights.” Another thought that also resonates with me is that a society is defined by how it meets the needs of its weakest members. This in not an original thought but one I keep hoping will catch on.

]]> Comment on How do you frame disability? by mpthornton http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-2 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:53:12 +0000 http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-2 Disability is multi-faceted. I like these two ways of framing disability. "Disability is a social/political category that includes people with a variety of conditions who are bound together by common experiences." Sue Kroeger, 2009 Disability is a social construct resulting from “…the systemic mismatch between physical and mental attributes of individuals and the present (but not the potential) ability of social institutions to accommodate these attributes.“ Schriner & Scotch, 2001 Disability is multi-faceted. I like these two ways of framing disability.

“Disability is a social/political category that includes people with a variety of conditions who are bound together by common experiences.” Sue Kroeger, 2009

Disability is a social construct resulting from “…the systemic mismatch between physical and mental attributes of individuals and the present (but not the potential) ability of social institutions to accommodate these attributes.“ Schriner & Scotch, 2001

]]> Comment on How do you frame disability? by jxhicks http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-1 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:56:01 +0000 http://ualr.edu/disability/index.php/2009/12/03/how-do-you-frame-disability/#comment-1 An excellent question to consider. An excellent question to consider.

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