Disablitity and identity: LT7

Question 1

Disability

Answer 1

A physical or mental impairment which has a long term effect on a persons ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities

Question 1

Barnes: Media representation

Answer 1

Media stereotyping leads us to think that disabled people are:
. Dependent on others
. Unable to contribute to society
. Non-sexual
. Unable to express themselves

Question 2

Disability as master status

Answer 2

May struggle to assert their own choice of identity as the disabled identity becomes their master status and overrides personal identities.

Question 3

Disability as stigmatised identity

Answer 3

Goffman, the stigma attached to disability can lead to spoiled identities and face exclusion E.g. discrimination
They may fail at impression management because stereotypes spoil presentation of self.

Question 4

What did Marxist Finkelstein suggest about disability?

Answer 4

Negative attitude towards the disabled may be the product of capitalisms emphasis of work as a source of identity.
This means they are an economic burden for society

Question 5

Who suggests disabled identities are changing ?

Answer 5

Olney and Kim

Question 6

Olney and Kim

Answer 6

Found Disabled people felt positive about their disability despite their awareness that people see them negatively
They reject their negative labels

Question 7

How is the media changing disabled identities?

Answer 7

Increasing positive views of disability E.g. Paralympics coverage