Assignment task:
First, read: Acceptance is an Action(5-10 minute read)
Then Watch Nothing about us, without us (Rooted in Rights, 2022) watch this on yt (2 mins)
Then, reflect on what you've learned from the two items you reviewed by responding to the following questions:
- The phrase "nothing about us without us" is a mantra of the disability rights movement. What does this mean to you?
- Why is it important for people working in disability rights and education to remember the mantra, "nothing about us without us"?
- Why does representation matter, specifically in the lives of disabled and neurodivergent people?