In Our Own Words: DCC Discussions – Going Home: Navigating Family and Disability
November 18, 2019
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Location
Disability Cultural Center, 235 BSB
Address
1007 W. Harrison St., Chicago, IL 60607
Calendar
Download iCal FileJoin the DCC for a series of informal conversations on a range of topics related to disability, culture, and identity. Through these conversations, we aim to foster spaces for intentional, open, and respectful dialogue while continuing to further critical understandings of disability. Facilitators will have a topic and guiding questions. Come reflect, process and learn with us! For any access needs or info on how to join remotely email dcc@uic.edu
The following topics will be discussed:
Sept. 9th - What's In a Word: Ableism in Everyday Language
Sept. 16th - Made You Look: The Realities of Staring
Sept. 23rd - I'm Not Like Them: Distancing Ourselves From Disability
Sept. 30th - Care: Giving and Receiving
Oct. 7th - Advocacy, Independence, and Interdependence
Oct. 14th - Decolonizing Disability: Indigenous Perspectives
Oct. 21st - Food Talk: When Food and Accessibility Come Together
Oct. 28th - Deaf and Disability Culture in Popular Media
Nov. 4th - What's Expected?
Nov. 11th - Relationships: Forced Intimacy and Access Intimacy
Nov. 18th - Going Home: Navigating Family and Disability
Date posted
Sep 5, 2019
Date updated
Oct 24, 2019