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Signs of the Times (repost)

Post author By Jeffrey Preston
Post date December 20, 2010

For your holiday pleasures, here is a rambly blog post from a few years ago that Jeff wrote about semiotics and disability. Enjoy!

Tags connotative meanings, disability rights movement, discursive formation, handicap parking, inclusion, individuals with disabilities, mainstream society, semiotics, shame, universal sign, wheelchair access

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Discourse on the Medical Model of Disability (repost)

Post author By Jeffrey Preston
Post date December 13, 2010

We talk a lot about disability and language in Cripz, so to help get you in the Holiday Spirit, here’s a short writing assignment Jeff did during his Masters Degree on Foucault, Discourse and Disability.

Tags adorno and horkheimer, advocates, antonio gramsci, disability, discursive formation, dominant class, freud, hegemony, hypodermic needle, masters degree, medical model of disability, michel foucault, perceptions, power structures, sexuality