Lecture #4 Accessibility

Question 1

Space determines:

Answer 1

• Who belongs here
• When people belong
• Where people belong
• At what people belong

Question 2

What kinds of explanations can we find for why people with impairments may lack access?

Answer 2

• infrastructure
• spacing between seatings (too tight)
• financial reasons
• use of space
• a beach (natural)

Question 3

Ableism:

Answer 3

Favouring able-bodied people, and discrimination against the needs of disabled people.

Question 4

What types of explanations given for lack of access that we need to challenge?

Answer 4

1. Natural (beach or mountains)
2. Reasonable (some will have access and some not)
3. Justifiable (we simply cannot accomodate them)

Question 5

According to Campbell, the definition of Ableism is:

Answer 5

a series/network of beliefs that sets a specific type of self and body as perfect and fully-human, while disability is viewed as a diminished state of being.

Question 6

Ableism can be:

Answer 6

Intentional or Unintentional

Question 7

Internalized Ableism:

Answer 7

Internalized belief that disability makes one inferior

Question 8

Main theme in the reading “Cripple Punks”

Answer 8

Taking a derogatory used term back as a form of resistance

Question 9

Access can be based on:

Answer 9

• Interaction of physical and social
• Social environment
• Physical space

Question 10

Some barriers to Access and Exercise Participation:

Answer 10

• Built and Natural environment
• Economics, transportation
• Psychological reasons
• Equipment
• Policy
• Lack of information
• Staff knowledge
• Attitudes of self and others
• Resources
• Fear, safety

Question 11

What was the purpose of the reading:
Understanding Dignity: Experiences of
Impairment in an Exercise Facility

Answer 11

To understand dignity and its importance to participation in exercise.

Question 12

What was the method used in the reading:
Understanding Dignity: Experiences of
Impairment in an Exercise Facility

Answer 12

Interpretative phenomenology

Question 13

How many participants in the study of the reading:
Understanding Dignity: Experiences of
Impairment in an Exercise Facility

Answer 13

21 adults who experience disability

Question 14

How was the data collected in the study of the reading:
Understanding Dignity: Experiences of
Impairment in an Exercise Facility

Answer 14

Interviews (individual and focus group), Images, Field Notes

Question 15

The thematic analysis of the study of the reading:
Understanding Dignity: Experiences of
Impairment in an Exercise Facility

Answer 15

Findings:
- Comfort of Feeling Welcome
- Lost Autonomy / lost independency
- Negotiating Public Spaces
- Perceptions of Otherness

Question 16

Example/quote of “Comfort of Feeling Welcome” finding:

Answer 16

A lot of dignity to me is social…I can interact with people on an even playing field.

Question 17

Example/quote of “Lost Autonomy / lost independency” finding:

Answer 17

Most of the loss of dignity comes from having to get help for things

Question 18

Example/quote of “Negotiating Public Spaces” finding:

Answer 18

I feel pretty self-conscious about when my chair is in the way of people

Question 19

Example/quote of “Perceptions of Otherness” finding:

Answer 19

Disability, don’t want to look at them; don’t want to make eye contact.

Question 20

“Given what is, what ought to be?” Explain.

Answer 20

How do we make things more inclusive?
How is physical and social spaces defining disability?
What can we do about it?

Question 21

“Why do we not use our imagination regarding who belongs?” Explain.

Answer 21

See disability as individual problem, not
interaction of person and social/physical

Question 22

“How am I contributing to disablement?” Explain.

Answer 22

(unnecessary isolation and exclusion)
- Not seeing, not questioning, not supporting, not
acting…
- Not imagining