Open to first-year students. Enrollment limited to 15. Written permission of the instructor is required. To the extent physically possible, students adopt a significant physical disability and live with it full time for a major part of Short Term while continuing all regular activities of daily living. The unit gives students an intense experience in dealing with the environment from an altered perspective.
Field trips allow students to see how they are perceived by others.
Classroom discussions are of biographical literature and film, and related rehabilitation literature. Students discuss and describe their experiences in journals and interviews. Enrollment limited to 12. Written permission of the instructor is required. Action Research in Psychology and Education.