Schedule:
August 28 (W) FIRST DAY OF CLASSES
Personal Introductions & Review of Syllabus, Course Objectives and Participatory Standards
August 30 (F) What is Disability? And Why Should You Care?
Following class, read Susan Wendell's essay "The Social Construction of Disability" and post a comments/questions/reflections to the
selected forum (on the "Readings" page) by 2 pm on Monday. then, by 2 pm on Wednesday please post a response to someone else's
previously posted question or comment.
September 2 (M) LABOR DAY (NO CLASS)
September 4 (W) On the Power of Words: Language and Politics
Readings: George Orwell "Politics and the English Language"
Gloria Naylor "The Meanings of A Word"
Due: "Introduction to the World" (250-500 words) (LS)
ADD/DROP/SWAP ENDS 11:59pm
September 6 (F) How Do We Talk About Disability?
Reading: Irving K. Zola “Self, Identity and the Naming Question: Reflections on the Language of Disability” (5 p. )
“Disability Etiquette Handbook” United Spinal Association
Jim Sinclair “Why I dislike Person-First Language” http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/436505
Due: Assignment 1.1 (LS)
September 9 (M) How Do We Talk About Disability? Part 2
Reading: Nancy Mairs “On Being a Cripple”
Curb Your Enthusiasm clip (disabled vs. handicapped)
“Spread the Word to End the Word” (R-Word Campaign video and website)
In preparation for our in class domain set-up workshops, please read through the pages under the heading "Overview" and "Working with Weebly" and make sure to set up a free account with Weebly if you have not already done so.
http://english.emory.edu/writing_program/domain/documentation/for_students/index.html
Due: Assignment 1.2 (LS)
September 11 (W) In Class Workshop (Establishing Your Domain)
September 13 (F) In Class Workshop Cont'd.
Due: Assignment 1.3 (LS)
September 16 (M) How Do We Talk About Disability? Part 3
Reading: Lois Keith “Tomorrow I Am Going to Re-Write the English Language”
Ann Lamott, "Shitty First Drafts" and "Perfectionism" (p. 21-32) from Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life (1994)
Due: Assignment 1.4 (LS) (post to blog)
By class, you must also have set up your personal website. At minimum, your personal website should include (1) an initial landing
page that includes a brief description and menu, (2) a page for your work in this course, and (3) a blog page dedicated to this course.
You need to re-post on your blog a revised version of your “Introduction” as well as the first three LS posts on your word for the
“Defining Disability” project by Monday as well.
September 18 (W) Audience, Argument, and Making a Claim
Work on your draft.
September 20 (F) Peer Review Workshop (Instructor out of town at CESA: a substitute teacher will supervise the workshop)
Continue working on your drafts.
Due: Bring two paper copies of a working draft of your glossary entry (comprised of at least 500 words) to class for a peer review
workshop and email a copy to me by the time of class.
September 23 (M) Material Implications of Defining Disability
Reading: Elizabeth F. Emens "Disabling Attitudes: U.S. Disability Law and the ADA Amendments Act," (p. 42-57) in The Disability Studies
Reader, 4th Edition. Ed. Lennard J. Davis. (2013)
Switzer excerpt (p. 137-141) from "Chapter 6: The ADA as Policy" in Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality
(2003) [Read from the beginning of the section entitled "Reasonable Accommodation" to the end of the section entitled "Defining Disability." ]
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adaaa.cfm [skim the whole thing, but read "Section 4: Disability Defined" closely]
Watch the youtube video of Senator Harkin giving his speech introducing the ADA in 1990 (a copy is embedded on the Readings page).
September 25 (W) Presentation/In-Class Workshop on Multimodal Composition w/ Prezi
Reading: Prezi Design Strategies
Due: Assignment 1.5
September 27 (F) Multimodal Composition Workshop cont'd.
September 30 (M) Multimodal Composition: From Prezi to Webpages
Due: Assignment 1.6
October 2 (W) “Reading” the Built Environment
Reading: Denis Cosgrove “Geography is Everywhere: Culture and Symbolism in Human Landscapes”
October 4 (F) Accessibility and Space
Reading: Tanya Titchkosky “Access as An Act of Perception”
October 7 (M) The ADA and Accessibility
Reading: http://www.ada.gov/checktxt.htm
Emory Wheel articles (history of accessibility @ Emory):
"Master planners turn 'deaf' ear to disabled individuals' requests" (4/10/1997)
"Life in Clairmont Apartment a Nightmare, says Barker" (9/17/2002)
"Discrimination at Emory: Equal Rights for the Disabled" (11/12/2002)
"Emory to make buildings fully accessible to handicapped students within 10 years" (10/24/2003)
October 9 (W) Beyond Compliance: Universal Design
Reading: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, 2013 Emory Convocation Address
http://www.universaldesign.com/ (Read "The Seven Principles of Universal Design" and then browse around the site)
Listen to Podcast "What's Universal about Universal Design"
October 11 (F) Advertising Access: From Information to Intervention
In-Class Workshop first site annotations and on next steps for the Mapping Disability project
Due: Assignment 2.1
October 14 FALL BREAK
Due: Assignment 1.7 [Due by midnight]
Minimum Requirements for Site Architecture/Content on 10/14
October 16 (W) Work on Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.2
October 18 (F) Work on Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.3
October 21 (M) Work on Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.4
October 23 (W) Presentation of Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.5
October 25 (F) Professional Perspectives on Disability
Reading: Paul Steven Miller “Developing Diversity and Equal Opportunity: Why the Disability Perspective Matters”
October 28 (M) Professional Perspectives on Disability, cont'd.
Due: Assignment 3.1 (LS)
October 30 (W) Researching Disability
In-Class Workshop on using databases w/ Librarian
November 1 (F) Researching Disability cont'd.
November 3 (S) Due: Assignment 2.6 [due by midnight]
Minimum Requirements for Site Architecture/Content on 11/3
November 4 (M) Joining the Conversation and the Art of Summary
Reading: Graff and Birkenstaff "Starting with What Others are Saying" and "The Art of Summarizing"
Due: Assignment 3.2 (LS)
November 6 (W) Workshop on Annotations
Due: Bring your first annotation into class for workshop/post it to your blog (LS)
November 8 (F) Disability and Popular Culture
Reading: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson “Disability and Representation”
November 11 (M) Disability and Culture
Reading: Tobin Siebers “Disability Aesthetics”
Due: Blog Post on a cultural representation of disability (150-250 words) (LS)
November 13 (W) Annotated Bibliographies vs. Literature Reviews
Due: Assignment 3.3
November 15 (F) Disability Culture
Reading: Cheryl Marie Wade "Disability Culture Rap"
Neil Marcus "Disabled Country"
Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back (45 minute documentary)
November 18 (M) Professional Discourse
Due: Bring an example of a research document in your professional discourse (can be from your annotated bibliography) to class
November 20 (W) What Counts as a Contribution?
November 22 (F) How Can You Make a Contribution?
Due: Assignment 3.4
November 25 (M) Going Public: From Professional Discourse to Public Discourse
Reading: Examples of Creative Interventions
Due: Assignment 3.5
November 27 (W) No Class (Travel Day for Thanksgiving)
November 28-29 THANKSGIVING BREAK
December 2 (M) Workshop of final project drafts (at least 500-600 words)
Due: Bring a draft of at least 500-600 words of text for your final project to class
December 4 (W) Research project workshop cont’d.
December 6 (F) Workshop of Research-based Creative Interventions/Ideas
December 9 (M) Wrap-up/Evaluations
December 10 (T) LAST DAY OF CLASSES
December 17 (T) Final Exam meeting 8:00-10:30am (presentations of Assignment 3.7)
Due: Assignment 3.6
Assignment 3.7
Assignment 4
Personal Introductions & Review of Syllabus, Course Objectives and Participatory Standards
August 30 (F) What is Disability? And Why Should You Care?
Following class, read Susan Wendell's essay "The Social Construction of Disability" and post a comments/questions/reflections to the
selected forum (on the "Readings" page) by 2 pm on Monday. then, by 2 pm on Wednesday please post a response to someone else's
previously posted question or comment.
September 2 (M) LABOR DAY (NO CLASS)
September 4 (W) On the Power of Words: Language and Politics
Readings: George Orwell "Politics and the English Language"
Gloria Naylor "The Meanings of A Word"
Due: "Introduction to the World" (250-500 words) (LS)
ADD/DROP/SWAP ENDS 11:59pm
September 6 (F) How Do We Talk About Disability?
Reading: Irving K. Zola “Self, Identity and the Naming Question: Reflections on the Language of Disability” (5 p. )
“Disability Etiquette Handbook” United Spinal Association
Jim Sinclair “Why I dislike Person-First Language” http://www.cafemom.com/journals/read/436505
Due: Assignment 1.1 (LS)
September 9 (M) How Do We Talk About Disability? Part 2
Reading: Nancy Mairs “On Being a Cripple”
Curb Your Enthusiasm clip (disabled vs. handicapped)
“Spread the Word to End the Word” (R-Word Campaign video and website)
In preparation for our in class domain set-up workshops, please read through the pages under the heading "Overview" and "Working with Weebly" and make sure to set up a free account with Weebly if you have not already done so.
http://english.emory.edu/writing_program/domain/documentation/for_students/index.html
Due: Assignment 1.2 (LS)
September 11 (W) In Class Workshop (Establishing Your Domain)
September 13 (F) In Class Workshop Cont'd.
Due: Assignment 1.3 (LS)
September 16 (M) How Do We Talk About Disability? Part 3
Reading: Lois Keith “Tomorrow I Am Going to Re-Write the English Language”
Ann Lamott, "Shitty First Drafts" and "Perfectionism" (p. 21-32) from Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life (1994)
Due: Assignment 1.4 (LS) (post to blog)
By class, you must also have set up your personal website. At minimum, your personal website should include (1) an initial landing
page that includes a brief description and menu, (2) a page for your work in this course, and (3) a blog page dedicated to this course.
You need to re-post on your blog a revised version of your “Introduction” as well as the first three LS posts on your word for the
“Defining Disability” project by Monday as well.
September 18 (W) Audience, Argument, and Making a Claim
Work on your draft.
September 20 (F) Peer Review Workshop (Instructor out of town at CESA: a substitute teacher will supervise the workshop)
Continue working on your drafts.
Due: Bring two paper copies of a working draft of your glossary entry (comprised of at least 500 words) to class for a peer review
workshop and email a copy to me by the time of class.
September 23 (M) Material Implications of Defining Disability
Reading: Elizabeth F. Emens "Disabling Attitudes: U.S. Disability Law and the ADA Amendments Act," (p. 42-57) in The Disability Studies
Reader, 4th Edition. Ed. Lennard J. Davis. (2013)
Switzer excerpt (p. 137-141) from "Chapter 6: The ADA as Policy" in Disabled Rights: American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality
(2003) [Read from the beginning of the section entitled "Reasonable Accommodation" to the end of the section entitled "Defining Disability." ]
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/adaaa.cfm [skim the whole thing, but read "Section 4: Disability Defined" closely]
Watch the youtube video of Senator Harkin giving his speech introducing the ADA in 1990 (a copy is embedded on the Readings page).
September 25 (W) Presentation/In-Class Workshop on Multimodal Composition w/ Prezi
Reading: Prezi Design Strategies
Due: Assignment 1.5
September 27 (F) Multimodal Composition Workshop cont'd.
September 30 (M) Multimodal Composition: From Prezi to Webpages
Due: Assignment 1.6
October 2 (W) “Reading” the Built Environment
Reading: Denis Cosgrove “Geography is Everywhere: Culture and Symbolism in Human Landscapes”
October 4 (F) Accessibility and Space
Reading: Tanya Titchkosky “Access as An Act of Perception”
October 7 (M) The ADA and Accessibility
Reading: http://www.ada.gov/checktxt.htm
Emory Wheel articles (history of accessibility @ Emory):
"Master planners turn 'deaf' ear to disabled individuals' requests" (4/10/1997)
"Life in Clairmont Apartment a Nightmare, says Barker" (9/17/2002)
"Discrimination at Emory: Equal Rights for the Disabled" (11/12/2002)
"Emory to make buildings fully accessible to handicapped students within 10 years" (10/24/2003)
October 9 (W) Beyond Compliance: Universal Design
Reading: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, 2013 Emory Convocation Address
http://www.universaldesign.com/ (Read "The Seven Principles of Universal Design" and then browse around the site)
Listen to Podcast "What's Universal about Universal Design"
October 11 (F) Advertising Access: From Information to Intervention
In-Class Workshop first site annotations and on next steps for the Mapping Disability project
Due: Assignment 2.1
October 14 FALL BREAK
Due: Assignment 1.7 [Due by midnight]
Minimum Requirements for Site Architecture/Content on 10/14
October 16 (W) Work on Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.2
October 18 (F) Work on Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.3
October 21 (M) Work on Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.4
October 23 (W) Presentation of Group Projects
Due: Assignment 2.5
October 25 (F) Professional Perspectives on Disability
Reading: Paul Steven Miller “Developing Diversity and Equal Opportunity: Why the Disability Perspective Matters”
October 28 (M) Professional Perspectives on Disability, cont'd.
Due: Assignment 3.1 (LS)
October 30 (W) Researching Disability
In-Class Workshop on using databases w/ Librarian
November 1 (F) Researching Disability cont'd.
November 3 (S) Due: Assignment 2.6 [due by midnight]
Minimum Requirements for Site Architecture/Content on 11/3
November 4 (M) Joining the Conversation and the Art of Summary
Reading: Graff and Birkenstaff "Starting with What Others are Saying" and "The Art of Summarizing"
Due: Assignment 3.2 (LS)
November 6 (W) Workshop on Annotations
Due: Bring your first annotation into class for workshop/post it to your blog (LS)
November 8 (F) Disability and Popular Culture
Reading: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson “Disability and Representation”
November 11 (M) Disability and Culture
Reading: Tobin Siebers “Disability Aesthetics”
Due: Blog Post on a cultural representation of disability (150-250 words) (LS)
November 13 (W) Annotated Bibliographies vs. Literature Reviews
Due: Assignment 3.3
November 15 (F) Disability Culture
Reading: Cheryl Marie Wade "Disability Culture Rap"
Neil Marcus "Disabled Country"
Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back (45 minute documentary)
November 18 (M) Professional Discourse
Due: Bring an example of a research document in your professional discourse (can be from your annotated bibliography) to class
November 20 (W) What Counts as a Contribution?
November 22 (F) How Can You Make a Contribution?
Due: Assignment 3.4
November 25 (M) Going Public: From Professional Discourse to Public Discourse
Reading: Examples of Creative Interventions
Due: Assignment 3.5
November 27 (W) No Class (Travel Day for Thanksgiving)
November 28-29 THANKSGIVING BREAK
December 2 (M) Workshop of final project drafts (at least 500-600 words)
Due: Bring a draft of at least 500-600 words of text for your final project to class
December 4 (W) Research project workshop cont’d.
December 6 (F) Workshop of Research-based Creative Interventions/Ideas
December 9 (M) Wrap-up/Evaluations
December 10 (T) LAST DAY OF CLASSES
December 17 (T) Final Exam meeting 8:00-10:30am (presentations of Assignment 3.7)
Due: Assignment 3.6
Assignment 3.7
Assignment 4