Disability
Literature Based Paper For your final paper, you have two options: a research paper based on literature and archival resources or a paper based on interviews and analysis. The paper must be 10-12 pages excluding the bibliography and abstract/cover page. The paper is worth 40% of the grade and the presentation is worth 5%. This assignment should include: – a review of literature and archival sources. (Please make sure to include and integrate perspectives of disability advocacy groups and the disability community through your selection of sources.) – 12-15 citations – 10-12 double-spaced pages long (excluding bibliography and cover page) You may use the following types of sources as your citations: – Academic research articles – Policy reports and media coverage – Other archival sources you may find Assignment Outline: Introduction – Overview of the issue – Background Scale and scope of the problem – Historical context – Demographics – Magnitude of the issue Barriers and challenges – Stigma and attitudinal barriers – Accessibility barriers – Resource scarcity Current approaches and responses to the problem: – Responses by disability community, family members, and organizations working on disability issues – Government responses (policies and programs) – Nature of response (medical model, social model, bio-psycho-social model) Recommendations for: – disability community, family members, allies – policy makers – social workers and those people implementing programs Rubric Following assignment outline, creativity and original thinking: 25 Critical analysis of the disability issue, integrating intersectional and disability justice perspectives 25 Systematic review of literature and well-developed argument based on multiple sources of knowledge (academic articles, news media, policy reports and research including those developed by disability advocacy groups): 25 Clear organization, language, grammar, sentence structure and overall writing skills: 15 Following APA both in-text and bibliography: 10
