Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
15-5-2019
End Date
15-5-2019
Abstract
Individuals with disabilities of all kinds experience discrimination and stigma as they go about their lives; ableism, the systemic discrimination against people with disabilities, is rampant across many cultures. These negative attitudes towards disability manifest in many different ways, from denying people with disabilities agency over their bodies to refusing to provide public spaces they can safely navigate. The present project seeks to use interviews as a way to explore and reflect on the experiences of several people with disabilities that are not visible to the average observer. The project offers perspectives from individuals with a range of disabilities, from psychiatric disability to chronic illness, to highlight the wide variety of individuals that experience stigma and ableism. Excerpts from the interviews and trends across the experiences of these individuals will be presented at SOURCE 2019.
Recommended Citation
Dalton, Kenny, "How to Look Disabled Enough: An Exploration of Stigma and Invisible Disabilities" (2019). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 75.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/75
Department/Program
Accessibility Studies
How to Look Disabled Enough: An Exploration of Stigma and Invisible Disabilities
Ellensburg
Individuals with disabilities of all kinds experience discrimination and stigma as they go about their lives; ableism, the systemic discrimination against people with disabilities, is rampant across many cultures. These negative attitudes towards disability manifest in many different ways, from denying people with disabilities agency over their bodies to refusing to provide public spaces they can safely navigate. The present project seeks to use interviews as a way to explore and reflect on the experiences of several people with disabilities that are not visible to the average observer. The project offers perspectives from individuals with a range of disabilities, from psychiatric disability to chronic illness, to highlight the wide variety of individuals that experience stigma and ableism. Excerpts from the interviews and trends across the experiences of these individuals will be presented at SOURCE 2019.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/75
Faculty Mentor(s)
Naomi Petersen