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The Mirror Group Welcomes You to

The Mirror Group Welcomes You to. Power & privilege: Disability workshop AUGUST 7, 2013. Agenda – day one. AFTERNOON Power, Privilege and Response Film: When Billy Broke His Head* Homework Adjourn *Break. MORNING Welcome and Introductions Training Alliance

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  1. The Mirror Group Welcomes You to Power & privilege: Disability workshop AUGUST 7, 2013

  2. Agenda – day one AFTERNOON Power, Privilegeand Response Film: When Billy Broke His Head* Homework Adjourn *Break MORNING • Welcome and Introductions • Training Alliance • Disability Laws & Data Overview • Exercise: Historical Perspectives* • Lunch

  3. Agenda – day two MORNING • Welcome Back / Homework Debrief • 3Ps - People, Potential, Possibilities • Break • Exercise: Land of Inclusion* • Lunch AFTERNOON • Creating an Alliance: • Communication Demonstration • Communication Practice* • Action Planning • Closing Circle • Evaluation • Adjourn *Break

  4. “Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth and I’ll remember. Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.”  ~Steve Sabol, Founder, NFL Films based on Native American Saying

  5. SELF INTRODUCTIONS • Name • Work Area • What is Your Experience Related to the Topic of Disabilities?

  6. DESIGNING OUR TRAINING ALLIANCE • Being Here • Atmosphere of Safety • Shared Responsibility • Accommodation

  7. major disability employment laws Rehabilitation Act of 1973First law to protect federal employees or employees of federal funding recipients Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990Extends the protections to employees of private employers ADA Amendments Act of 2008 An Act to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

  8. WHAT THE LAW SAYS… A person with a disability is an individual… • With a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or • Who has a record of such an impairment; or • Who is regarded as having such impairment.

  9. “Substantially limits”ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIESINCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO: • Caring for oneself, • Performing manual tasks, • Seeing, hearing, • Eating, sleeping, • Walking, standing, • Lifting, bending, • Sitting, reaching, • Speaking, breathing, • Learning, reading, • Concentrating, thinking, • Communicating, interacting with others, and working.

  10. “Substantially limits”ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIESINCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO: • Major bodily functions including but not limited to functions of: • The immune system, • Normal cell growth, • Hemic and lymphatic systems, • Digestive, bowel and bladder systems, • Respiratory, circulatory and cardiovascular systems…

  11. “Substantially limits”ONE OR MORE MAJOR LIFE ACTIVITIESINCLUDING AND NOT LIMITED TO: • Major bodily functions (continued): • Neurological, brain and endocrine systems, • Musculoskeletal system, • Special sense organs and skin, • Genitourinary systems and reproductive functions.

  12. WHAT’S THE PREVALENCE OF DISABILITY? The data vary based on: • Different definitions • Changes in questions • Different data sources • Different survey years and times of year • Different age groups • Different base populations

  13. About 19 Percent (Americans With Disabilities: 2010. Household Economic Survey. Issued July 2012. Table 1 and Figure 2. Matthew W. Brault. US Census Bureau . Includes Civilian Non-Institutionalized Population.)

  14. TARGETED DISABILITIES A subset of disabilities used for employment statistics and Affirmative Action purposes • Deafness • Blindness • Missing Extremities • Partial Paralysis • Complete Paralysis • Convulsive Disorders • Intellectual Disabilities (formerly mental retardation) • Mental Illness • Distortion of Limb and/or Spine

  15. GSFC INDIVIDUALS WITH DISCLOSED DISABILITIES(SOURCE: GSFC EQUAL EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM OFFICE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2012) Update of GSFC’s Individuals with Targeted Disabilities as of December 31, 2010

  16. Bottom line Qualified individuals with disabilitieswho can perform essential job function duties with reasonable accommodations can not be denied employment opportunities

  17. “A LAW CANNOT GUARANTEE WHAT A CULTURE WILL NOT GIVE.”-MARY JOHNSONDISABILITY ACTIVIST

  18. Historic MODELS • Shame / Burden Model • Genetic Defect Model • Rehabilitation Model • Civil Rights Model

  19. LEGACY perspectives • Borrowing from the concept of “Legacy Systems” as it relates to computers and especially software systems • Old social programming that is still running in our society today

  20. LEGACY PERSPECTIVES • Shared cultural constructs or beliefs from historical eras that influence current behavior • Experienced as paradigms, perspectives, beliefs, philosophies • “Isms” are a conglomerate of Legacy Perspectives

  21. LEGACY PERSPECTIVES TRY TO EXPLAIN…. • Why do some people have disabilities? • What is my / society's responsibility toward people with disabilities?

  22. History questions - 1 • What are the Legacy Perspectives from this era? • A person with disabilities is: • Disability happens because: • Our responsibility toward people with disabilities is: • We should treat people with disabilities: • What is “the authority” behind those Legacy Perspectives? • Who said so:

  23. History questions - 2 What’s the impact of Legacy Perspectives on People with Disabilities?

  24. History questions - 3 • What does this model stir up in you? • How is this challenging some of your beliefs?

  25. History questions - 4 How do the Legacy Perspectives from this era show up in US Society?

  26. Large group debrief • What surprises you? • What did you learn?

  27. LARGE GROUP DEBRIEF Where have you seen these Legacy Perspectives in action?

  28. Lunch break

  29. Power, privilege, and Response

  30. Power • To influence and to do • Power is neither good nor bad • We all have multiple forms of power • It’s composed of our talents, skills, abilities, characteristics

  31. Privilege • Freedom, license, opportunities and advantages • Privilege exists in a social context • We are more aware of the privilege that we don’t have than the privilege that we do have • Our privilege directly impacts our ability to exercise our power

  32. EVERYONE HAS POWERPRIVILEGE IS THE ‘GATEKEEPER’

  33. Common Western Privilege(Arnold Mindell, Ph.D.)

  34. Common Western Privilege(Arnold Mindell, Ph.D.)

  35. PRIVILEGE • Societal privilege is always operating • It’s not inherently good or bad • The more you have, the less conscious of it you tend to be

  36. IF LIFE WERE A ROLE PLAYING COMPUTER GAME… “Straight White Male is the lowest difficulty setting there is.” ~John Scalzi “Whatever” Blog Science Fiction Writer

  37. THE WORLD IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED by and FOR PEOPLE WITH PRIVILEGE…. • What are some examples of privilege that people without disabilities take for granted? • What are some examples of privilege that people with disabilities don’t have?

  38. USE OF PRIVILEGE • Privilege can be used to empower or disempower • Abuse of privilege is not inevitable • When you are aware of your privileges, you can use them for your own benefit and for the benefit of others • Privilege can be used consciously or unconsciously

  39. USE OF PRIVILEGE We can choose to use our privilege as: • Poison, or • Medicine

  40. POISONOUS Use of PRIVILEGE Creates the likely Fear Responses of: • Fight: • Grievances, positioning, sabotage, retribution, speaking truth to power, change efforts, political action… • Flight: • Withdrawal, transfers, attrition… • Freeze: • Compliance, submission, silence…

  41. MEDICINAL Use of PRIVILEGE Lets us Broaden and Build through: • New information, ideas and solutions • Advocating for Others • Curiosity about marginalized voices • Collaborative leadership • Co-creating from common interests • Vigorous debates • Shared influence

  42. SMALL GROUP discussion Share examples of the use of privilege andhow it has impactedyou or others

  43. “WHEN BILLYBROKE HIS HEAD” Look for: • Where is privilege being used as medicine? • Where is privilege being used as poison?

  44. DEBRIEF - 1 • How are you doing? What was your reaction to what you saw? • What do you notice about privilege used as medicine or poison?

  45. “WHEN BILLYBROKE HIS HEAD” Notice Legacy Perspectives

  46. SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION • What was it like to watch this? • Which Legacy Perspectives did you notice? • How do Legacy Perspectives impact people’s thoughts and feelings?

  47. LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION

  48. Three “P”s • Meet People • Recognize Potential • Co-Create Possibility Put people first!

  49. homework • Think about your own physical and mental health… • What privileges do you have and not have? • Notice Legacy Perspectives and their impact

  50. See you tomorrow at 8:30 AM

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