Upcoming webinar from NCAPPS: Person-Centered Supports in Popular Culture
Aug 18, 2021 01:00 PM in Eastern Time
“The stories we tell ourselves in popular culture reflect and, in turn, shape the world in which we live.
Our classical and contemporary shared stories influence our perceptions of everything, including the support systems used and sometimes created by people with disabilities. Popular culture narratives create a context for both the formal and informal support services and goods that many people learn to expect in their daily lives.
Pop-culture representations also influence our judgment of caregiving practices, decision-making procedures, types and levels of accommodations for people with disabilities, and indeed, the people who make up this population. As a result, the public is exposed to media representing only a very limited perspective on how people with disabilities actually navigate the world.
In this webinar, disabled activists will come together to discuss pop-culture depictions of accommodation and support for people with disabilities. What values have those popular narratives created, nurtured, or destroyed over time? Do more recent depictions reinforce or undermine those older narratives? How is person-centered support illustrated, and how do those illustrations affect our daily lives?”
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