Write a 3–4-page personal essay about the topics we have covered, and what have you learned aboutyourself, the way you grew up, your culture or society as a whole and how it views disability. Cite yoursources about where you learned it from
Topics that’s were covered:
Firsthand experiences
“How Difficult can this be? – the Fat City workshop” (1 hour) https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Q3UNdbxk3xs
-The Importance of Understanding
Watch: Police Assault and Pepper Spray Autistic Man in Kodiak Alaska
Part 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1Mnhf6LKw&t=3s
Part 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd_RWZ3CFZI
Watch: County admits deputy had no reason to stop or use force on man with Down syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vbwkbUEt7c
Read: Crime Twice as Common Among People with Disabilities
Read: How Misunderstanding Disability Leads to Police Violence
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/05/misunderstanding-disability-leads-to-police-
violence/361786
Read: N.J. program that gives law enforcement training to those with special needs graduates 1st class https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2020/02/nj-program-that-gives-law-enforcement-training-those-with=
special-needs-graduates-its-1st-class.html
