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Assignment : Disability Perspectives and Global Perspectives
Based on your reading of Kiddchapters 6 and 7,answer the following questions.You will be assessed on the content of your answers, as well as the clarity, coherence, and mechanics (grammar, spelling, word choice) of your writing.When you paraphrase or quote, provide anin-text citation in ASA format. Paraphrasing is preferable; use a minimal number of quotes. Write in essay format.You may wish to review the sample assignments in Bb Learn for examples of excellent quality work.
1. Use the Internet to explore some of the popular stereotypes of disability in pop culture, including the disabled person as sinister/evil, pitiable/pathetic, or "supercrip." Compare these recurring stereotypes with Kidd's (2014) discussion in chapter 6. How do these stereotypes both reflect and shape common understandings of disability in our culture?
2. Kidd (2014) discussesglocalization (this is not a misspelling). First, define glocalization in your own words. Then, select one postcard from chapter 7 and explain how glocalization applies. Finally, have you ever consumed a popular culture object that was created outside of the US? If so, explain what that experience was like. If not, why do you think you haven't?
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Discuss the disability perspectives and global perspectives
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