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One in four Americans lives with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At the University of Mary Washington, it\u2019s one in eight.<\/p>\n

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UMW senior Claudia Woods, president of the student club DiversAbility (shown here in a psychology course last year with her service dog, Hearo), is taking “Intro to Disability Studies.” Offered for the first time this fall, the course takes an interdisciplinary look at disability as key to the human experience as race or gender. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWith those sorts of numbers, it\u2019s mind-boggling [that] disability doesn\u2019t have more automatic inclusion when people think about diversity,\u201d said UMW Professor of English Chris Foss.<\/p>\n

As the Americans with Disabilities Act\u2019s 30th year and October\u2019s Disability Awareness Month shine a light on one of the country\u2019s most underrepresented groups, so does a new UMW course. Offered for the first time this fall, Intro to Disability Studies (IDS) delves into the 21st-century experience of a diverse population, exploring cognitive, sensory, mobility and other differences as just as essential to the human condition as gender and race.<\/p>\n

The 16-week course fans out across disciplines, examining disability throughout the lifespan in historical, political, social and other contexts. Years in the making, the class is team-taught by faculty and staff \u2013 from art history, education, English, historic preservation, psychology and the Office of Disability Resources (ODR) \u2013 who\u2019ve poured their time and passion into the topic in hopes it gains traction.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a lot of meetings, discussion and work on Google Docs to pull this together,\u201d said Professor of Art History Julia DeLancey, who borrows from her first-year seminar, \u201cThe Beauty Difference Gives Us,\u201d to deliver an IDS session on how disabilities affect artists\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstructor of record\u201d for the eight-person group, Foss, who teaches \u201cDisability and Literature\u201d and a first-year seminar on representations of autism in film and literature, began reaching out to faculty, deans, provosts and presidents more than a decade ago to design the IDS course.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken a particular village,\u201d he said of the group that managed to bring the vision to life.<\/p>\n

College of Education Professor Jennifer Walker draws on her background in special education, while Professor of Psychological Science Virginia Mackintosh shares concepts of identity and social construction. The curriculum covers everything from discrimination and legal protections to accessible materials and assistive technology.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to be fully empowered as disability rights activists, it\u2019s important to have a strong foundation of knowledge to understand the history of anti-discrimination legislation and the work left to be done,\u201d said ODR Director Jessica Machado, who teaches a session.<\/p>\n

Twelve percent of UMW\u2019s more than 4,000 undergraduates are registered with ODR, making it one of the most utilized offices of its type in Virginia, and making the IDS course a good fit for Mary Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a class for everybody,\u201d said senior Claudia Woods, who is deaf.\u201cI think it would really challenge able people\u2019s misconceptions about disabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

A double-major in English and women\u2019s and gender studies, with a minor in social justice, Woods is pairing her personal experience with course material to power her position as president of DiversAbility and steer the student group toward activism.<\/p>\n

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Christine Henry, Jennifer Walker, Danielle Smith, Jessica Machado, Lauren McMillan, Chris Foss, \u00a0Julia DeLancey and Virginia Mackintosh\u00a0make up the eight-person team of UMW faculty and staff teaching this semester’s new “Intro to Disability Studies” course. They take turns sharing their expertise but are all seen on this Zoom photo taken during the first class session in August.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe class and the potential minor embody the spirit of the liberal arts,\u201d said Professor of Historic Preservation Christine Henry, who leads a session on architectural access. \u201cA diversity of approaches to ideas and questions about people with disabilities contributes a whole greater than the sum of its parts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henry\u2019s departmental colleague Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Lauren McMillan brings her expertise in how disability plays out in the profession of archaeology to the IDS course. ODR Assistive Technology Coordinator Danielle Smith and student assistant\u00a0Savannah Rowland round out the group, whose members hope this fall offering will lead to a program in disability studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many good things coming in the area of disability at UMW, and it\u2019s due to a lot of dreaming, thinking, planning, organizing, activism, collaboration and partnership among many, many people,\u201d Machado said. \u201cWe care deeply about disability. There is a lot of passion here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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