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Courses - Fall 2025
ENGL
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ENGL296
Reading and Writing Disability: Rights and Representation
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F
GenEd: DSHU, DVUP
Locate and analyze disability in various settings, modes, and texts. Investigate the material and cultural effects of the language, stories, and myths of disability. Explore the many definitions and frameworks of disability: as dynamic lived experiences, as a political identity, as a rich culture, as socially constructed barriers, and as an oppressed minority group. Examine how disability is portrayed, controlled, stereotyped, and celebrated across social, medical, political, cultural, and personal networks.