Year
2021
Units
4.5
Contact
On Campus
1 x 1.5-hour online lecture weekly
1 x 1.5-hour tutorial weekly
1 x 2 hour online exercises weekly
1 x 6.5 hour independent study weekly

External
1 x 1.5-hour online lecture weekly
1 x 1.5-hour online tutorial weekly
1 x 2 hour online exercises weekly
1 x 6.5 hour independent study weekly
Assessment
Assignment(s), Reflective piece
Topic description

This topic explores some of the systemic issues facing people with disability that lead to persistent inequity and disadvantage. These include accessible housing, transport and public spaces, criminal justice, violence and abuse, and health care.

Educational aims

This topic aims to raise students' awareness of wider social justice issues faced by people with disability and the role they play in working to ameliorate these issues.

Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of human rights approaches to disability
  2. Articulate key systemic issues facing people with disability
  3. Distinguish their role in supporting people with disability who face these issues
  4. Demonstrate strategies for working towards systems-level change to address the longer-term causes underpinning the problems