[Ohio-talk] Philosophy of disability

Sun Nov 24 23:56:52 UTC 2013

Kaiti,
Thank you for the expanded explaination and Cudos to you! This sounds
great! college is having the right impact on you, causing to become a
independent thinker, this is not always easy today. Your professor
allowed you to consider his theory and reject it based on your life
experiences, thank God for him, because if this theory was never
introduced to you the project you are about to tackle would not come
to light!
I did think about you could incorporate music, smiles. If you have a
video you could include the original music ofpeople with disabilities
living in other countries, just a thought! smiles

Blessings,
Cheryl

On 11/24/13, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Cheryl,
>
> You brought up a great point that I should explain to help others
> understand
> what I'm doing.  I am not really encorperating music into this project, but
> what I'm doing with my major and minors is trying to put myself in a
> position where I could do writing on the side.  Music therapy will be my
> main degree, and I will get a minor in psych because that goes together
> with
> it very well, and it only takes two more psych classes than the initial
> requirement for my major.
>
> The philosophy minor puzzled my advisor, but what I want to do with it is
> be
> able to write about the philosophy of music therapy, the philosophy of
> rehabilitation, the philosophy of disability, the philosophy of therapy,
> and
> so on.  I think this is something that hasn't been given enough attention
> in
> the world of philosophy.  Philosophers spend a lot of time on
> consciousness,
> ethics, and social interaction, but they don't factor in parts of the human
> condition that are different from the norm.  My intro to philosophy
> professor last year tried to tell me and my classmates that people who have
> Autism lack what he called, "Theory of mind," and said that right after
> using Monkeys as a comparison to humans to illustrate how a human has
> theory
> of mind and a monkey does not.  Really, he was equating those with Autism
> to
> primates, and that sickened me and made me want to explore the philosophy
> of
> disability at the same time.  (In case you can't tell, he was not one of my
> favorite professors).
>
> I will say that Dr. Ashe's speech on bioethics at the national convention
> got me thinking even more.  I had talked with my advisor about adding a
> philosophy minor at the end of the last school year, but this semester I
> had
> a clearer idea of what I wanted to accomplish with it.  In fact, I will be
> taking a bioethics class next semester, and while I have not seen my
> textbook yet I am hoping that it will discuss some of these issues.
>
> With this minor and this understanding giving me the capability to write on
> the subject, I hope to put the knowledge I've learned to use in music
> therapy journals and other similar publications.  Not all therapists are
> equally empathetic, or have the best understanding of disability if they
> don't know for themselves, so I hope that this could be beneficial to the
> field of music therapy most of all.
>
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton---2016
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
> Ohio Association of Blind Students, President
> Advocates for Sexual Assault Prevention (ASAP), Vice President
> NFB Community Service Group, Service Project Committee Chair
> Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma, Usher Coordinator
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
> Fields
> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 9:26 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Philosophy of disability
>
> Kaiti, this is an ambitious endeavor. I don't know any blind people from
> other countries, however check the Matilda Ziegler Magazine, pen pal
> section
> and there may be some contacts in there and it may be a great place to post
> an announcement about your project. How will you incorporate music into
> this
> project?
> A few weeks ago JW posted a new book about racism among the blind, will
> find
> title and send to you. This really made me think a little deeper about it,
> now you are making me think a little deeper about how others may perceive
> me
> as a person with a disability and African American.
> When I get my thoughts together I will send them to you, should be
> interesting!
>
> Blessings,
> Cheryl
>
>
>
> On 11/19/13, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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