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The Disability Studies website provides a forum
and focal point for Disability Studies at The University of
the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. It is
one of the components of the embryonic unit for Disability
Studies within the Department of Behavioural Sciences. The
unit consists of teaching, research and public information.
Currently the website serves as the public information component.
In
2004 the Social Work Unit of the Department of Behavioural
Sciences held a Think-tank on the integration of persons
with disabilities. This project began the development of
Social Disabilities Studies at The University of the West
Indies. The first activity was the introduction of a Social
Disability Studies course as a new elective to the Social
Work Unit.
All students of the University are eligible to undertake this
course of study. The purpose of this course is to provide an
introduction to Disability Studies for students of the University
of the West Indies who wish to examine disability using theoretical
frames and to understand policy development in this area.
The
Social Disability Studies course is designed to sensitize
students to the marginalization and discrimination experienced
by the disabled within an unadaptive society. It examines
the interaction of persons with disabilities within the existing
political, social, cultural and legal system.
The
second activity relates to the establishment of a research
agenda. Beginning with a partnership with the Leonard Cheshire
Home, the Social Disability Class hosted a “National
Seminar on Disability”. This was followed up with current
research on the integration of persons with disabilities
into society.
- To
promote inclusiveness amongst our diverse population.
- To
assist in helping others appreciate the range of abilities
that we all possess.
- To
assist in helping the University’s campus to be better
prepared for the students with disabilities who are currently
part of the student body and the anticipated increase in
such students
on the campus.
Co-ordinator: Dr.
Innette Cambridge, Ph.D. Social Policy
Co-ordinator
- Social Policy Programme
Part-Time
Lecturer: Ms. Maria D Thomas, B. Ed.,
M.Ed. Special
Education
Research Assistant/ Tutor: Ms.
Jacqueline Huggins, B.Sc. Social Work,
M.Sc. Sociology
Tutor: Mrs. Teresina Sieunarine B.Sc, M. E.d. UWI St. Augustine
Website: http://sta.uwi.edu/disabilitystudies/
Email: disability.studies@sta.uwi.edu
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