Personality Profile for a disabled person
Select a disabled person for whom you will prepare a personality profile. Keep your focus on what you have learnt about the individual’s life, and provide examples to illustrate key turning points and your analysis of the importance of their contribution(s). You can creatively present the profile as journal entry, blog, vlog, audio or video recorded role play dramatization, animation or other creative presentation. The vlog, audio or video recorded role play dramatization, animation or other any other creative presentation will require that you prepare a written transcript of the information being conveyed.
The following will assist you as frame the Profile:
● Select a disabled person to profile from:
o A) disabled persons referenced in the course such as David Lepofsky, Jordan
River Anderson, Haben Girma, Judith Heumann, Yetnebersh Nigussie, Leroy F
Moore, Tom Shakespeare, Alice Wong, Stella Young, Sarah Jama, Rosemarie
Garland-Thomson, Floyd Morris, Junius Wilson
o B) disabled persons not referenced in the course such as Javed Abidi, Thomas Gallaudet, and Aoi Shiba no kai – you must ensure the availability of information to prepare the profile adequately and cogently cite the references:
● Get specific self-identification information on the person being profiled – name, age, type of impairment, race, gender, ethnicity, indigenous identity, family characteristics, country(ies) of origin and/or residence and any other relevant information.
● Assess how the disability is located for the individual (in an individual’s body? In structural barriers? In an individual’s mind, IQ or behaviour? In lack of services? Some combination of these or some other location?).
● Clarify the barriers they faced and how their political, social and economic context may have exacerbated these barriers – these could include inter alia, attitudes, educational, professional/workforce related, leadership at the community, national or international levels, communication, physical environment or other accessibility matters,
● Explain the creative advocacy solutions the person’s life gave rise (individually or along with others) to create more inclusive and socially just communities nationally and/or inter-nationally. Explain the turning point(s) that lead to the press for change or activism.
● Discuss how this person’s life contributed to your understanding of disability, that is, any new insights gained or existing views solidified. Remember, this is not a piece about inspiration. It requires that you skillfully acknowledge and assess the contribution this person’s life has made to the field of disability studies
