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Apr 16, 2026
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CNX 163 - Dis/ability
Description
Disability is omnipresent in human life. Most individuals experience disabling conditions at one time or another. A disability can be temporary or permanent, congenital or acquired, visible or invisible. While disability is an embodied experience, it is largely generated by cultural and societal expectations about what constitutes a normative body. This course will explore how shifting notions of able-bodiedness encouraged varying understandings of disability across time and cultures. Through reading personal narratives in artistic, new media, ethnographic, and poetic forms, we will revisit and challenge long-held assumptions about suffering, embodiment, and a meaningful life. In appreciating disability as a component of human diversity, this course will help you learn how to critically evaluate arguments about health and body and use evidence to defend your positions, whether in writing or speaking.
Credits: 1
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