ETHICAL ISSUES IN DISABILITY PRACTICE
DIS506
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Working with people with disabilities to support their rights and choices is an integral part of disability practice. In this subject, students will learn about ethical challenges faced by people with disabilities and by professionals in supporting the exercise of human rights. Debates in key topics to be explored will include personhood and citizenship, autonomy and self-determination, capacity to consent, the ethics of care, dignity of risk and duty of care, sexuality and reproductive rights.
School: Allied Health, Human Services & Sport (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Mary Walker
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: N/A
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: ADP5EID
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Cognitive disability and its challenge to moral philosophy.
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Kittay, E., F., & Carlson, A., L.
Year: 2010
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Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
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The faces of intellectual disability: Philosophical reflections
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Carlson, A., L.
Year: 2010
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
On-Line, 2020, Semester 2, Online
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Mary Walker
Class requirements
Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours scheduled online class every three weeks on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 10.00 hours unscheduled online class per week on any day including weekend during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Risk Forum (750-word equivalent)Online forum to discuss and evaluate scenarios related to dignity of risk and nature of support provided. | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1 |
Ethical Perspectives Evaluation (1 x 2,500-word equivalent)Report evaluating reasons for different ethical perspectives by different people in a given scenario involving approaches to supporting a person with cognitive disability. | N/A | N/A | No | 45 | SILO2, SILO3 |
Guardianship Case (2,500-word equivalent)Prepare a case for presentation at the Guardianship Board about appointing a guardian to make decisions about a given scenario involving a person with cognitive disability (e.g., sterilization, person's place of residence). | N/A | N/A | No | 45 | SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |