Disability Studies

A few years ago, I was eating lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, a local Vietnamese-Thai place called Pho Thai Nam. As our waiter brought over our glasses of water and other table’s drinks, something in the cups caught my attention. Each one had a plastic straw placed in it with a little piece of the paper wrapping covering each top. My dad immediately took his straw out, telling me that he wished they had asked if he wanted one since it just got in the way as he drank anyway. I knew that I did not need one either. Knowing how much plastic ends up in our oceans, I felt guilty wasting a straw.

Hello everyone!

Here is the link to my midterm essay. Hope you enjoy it! Looking forward to hearing thoughts :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLMnNSdUugF67sxfK2qjGXQ6OYKVUZ-ECGeiYYkcWm8/edit?usp=sharing

Hey Guys, Here's my midterm project. 

This was my second time watching Crip Camp, and I think I got even more out of it this time around. The first time, I was just overwhelmed with information. Why hadn't I learned any of this in school before? How does the movement exist now? What else did this movement accomplish that did not get featured in the film or in curricula? Questions buzzed in my brain for many weeks afterward and I convinced many more people to watch the film just so I could discuss it with someone. 

In reflecting after class this week, I have been thinking a lot about communication. In Mel Baggs' video, she mentioned how "it’s only when I type something In your language that you refer to me as having communication." I wondered how I have judged folks for this same notion in the past. How have I considered people who may not communicate in ways I do as lacking intelligence, or even personhood? How can we work to value all types of communication? When Mel mentioned this in the video, I immediately starting thinking about ways to fix this issue, but it has been difficult for me to imagine ways to acknowledge and understand different types of communication that differ so far from our perceived norm.

Hey y'all! I came across this video while researching for my paper that seems pretty interesting. It's on accessibility settings in video games rather than disabled representation so I didn't think it made much sense to put on that list, but in case anyone is curious about this topic here it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi98rAn4uXE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT6AB_h6x84&authuser=1

Here's a cool sign language TikTok style dance-ish post I came across the other day. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CGN3LVrhWT2/?igshid=i8skwxitr8s9