[Ohio-talk] Philosophy of disability

[COLLEEN ROTH]

Hello Kaiti,
What is a Capstone?
I did have some experiences with a Physician from another country who practiced medicine here.
She was a Pediatrician who felt that Handicapped Children should be Instintionalized and that a blind person would not know if her baby spit up or threw up.
I did let her know that my family doctor would be Monica's doctor. She was just the Pediatrician on staff. I certainly didn't want her as Monica's doctor.
She had told the nurses that Monica was not allowed to be in the room alone with me.
The nurses simply brought Monica and their paperwork into the room.
Actually I think I had Monica more than most of the mothers in that hospital at that time.
I didn't have any problems with the nurses.
The Pediatrician knew that Monica would have some Physical Problems and that she had Cataracts.
The nurses simpby did what they were told to do but got around a stupid rule.
This pediatrician couldn't understand how I would know if Monica spit up or threw up.
I just can't figure this out since there are so many nonvisual cues.
In this Pediatrician's country of origin blind people were cared for by their families and children with disabilities were considered a liability. They didn't have much value and were usually institutionalized at that time.
This occurred in 1981.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>
To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List ohio-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:26 am
Subject: [Ohio-talk] Philosophy of disability

>
>
> Hi all,
> 
> One of the new things I'm trying to explore is the philosophy of
> disability.  This is in several contexts, including how people from
> different cultures perceive those with disabilities, what makes people
> from these different cultures perceive different disabilities
> differently, and how culture impacts the perceptions of a disabled
> person of themself, others with their disability, and people with
> other disabilities.
> 
> For my philosophy minor I have the option of taking a 400 level
> seminar class or completing a capstone.  I'm thinking the capstone
> will be the way I will choose to go, since it will allow me to
> complete the project and the minor on my own time, and because I have
> a little more freedom in choosing a topic.  It's also a way of tying
> it in with music therapy, since it gives my puzzled advisor a little
> more of an idea of what I'm trying to do by going for a minor in
> something that seems very remotely related to my major on the surface.
> 
> I'm just beginning preliminary research, and odds are the project will
> have an emphasis on blindness, but if you've had experiences when
> traveling out of the country, or met someone of a different
> nationality who has expressed a different view on disability or
> blindness, how was it?  Do you know anyone in another country who
> feels differently about their disability in response to how others
> seem to perceive them?  Any feedback for consideration would be
> appreciated.
> 
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