Course Details
Country:
Australia
Institution:
University of South Australia
Course Title:
Disability and Ageing: Diversity and Discrimination
Course Number:
WELF3025
Course Description:
Course aim
To enable students to critically analyse discourses of ageing and (dis)ability, legal rights of redress, elder abuse and related violence against the aged and those with disabilities.
Course content
Students will develop a critical understanding of the discourses of ageing and (dis)ability, examining media representations of disability and ageing, medical and social models of disability and ageing, social activism, the Disability Discrimination Act (Australia), and disability, and ageing and socio-economic status. Students will evaluate the impact of ableist discourses on understandings of disability and ageing in different national and international contexts.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
SOCI 3---
Course URL:
https://online.unisa.edu.au/courses/163323/2021
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