REMINDERS:
Support Group for Students with Disabilities
This group will be held Thursdays from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in the Carol Tatkon
Center, room 3343. The first meeting of this group will be Thursday, February
24th.
Interested in learning
some basic Sign Language?
Join Stacey and Cristina along with CUDA faculty advisor Professor Michael
Gold and his wife, Sarah Gold, as they lead a small ASL seminar held Thursdays
@ 7pm in the Baker Tower Lounge (on West Campus). The group is small and
informal; this is a great chance to meet new friends and learn some useful
signs. You are also encouraged to join us beforehand for dinner at the
Alice Cook House at 6pm.
Films for Thought
CUDA will host its first movie and discussion night for the semester Thursday,
March 10th @ 8pm in the RPCC Auditorium.
TODAY’S DISCUSSION: Families with Disabilities
Book recommendation: Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham
A. Statistically, families
with disabilities have a greater tendency to be welfare recipients and
lower income families
1. This may be because of economic constraints on those with disabilities
2. This may also be because of the time, and financial resources needed
to be proactive in receiving treatment and accommodations for family members
with disabilities
B. What are the social and psychological impacts on other family
members when one member has a disability?
1. Sometimes a family member with a disability may be a unifying force;
other times it acts in quite the opposite way, and fosters resentment
C. How does a family’s perception, accommodation, and acceptance of a member’s disability influence the way self-perception and identity development of the individual members?
D. Personality is KEY:
every person and family is different
1. How do other factors (Ex: race, religion, age difference, and sexual
orientation) influence how a family member with a disability is treated
and the family dynamics that develop?
E. What is the appropriate way to approach someone with a disability? Is it appropriate to draw attention? Is it more polite to ask about a person’s disability or to ignore it?
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