Address differences between disability and chronic illness. Address differences among disabilities. Examine some conflicts among disability rights activists based on differences among different kinds of disabilities, and among those whose disabilities were acquired after or before adult identity formation, and among generations of disability activists. The purpose of this examination is not to take sides in the conflicts, but to understand the issues and the varying perspectives. This course is based on a number of assumptions that have political implications, theoretical ramifications, social policy consequences, and social histories.
Writers write, artists make art, musicians compose, etc.
That is, sometimes, the issue of disability or chronic illness appears to be irrelevant to the art. The range of what constitutes disability is great and varied. Among the Maya, disability is seen as a sign of special favor by the gods.