Category: ECS 110

When we use the term disability, we are saying that the person is less than. They are viewed as valued less than those who are able. The article, Becoming dishuman: thinking about the human through dis/ability by Daniel Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole, argues that when we talk of intellectual...

i) Normative Narratives Reading my peers’ self stories made me realize how common it is to do things outside of your gender role and how common it is to be scrutinized because of it. In my self-story, I wrote of playing with worms, which is something you would not...

I zip up my pink raincoat with the butterfly pattern and slip on my blue and pink rubber boots. The rain has slowed to a drizzle, and I am itching to get outside. I open the door and breathe in the fresh earthy smell that comes with rain. I...

I peek over the shoulders of my parents, trying to catch a glance at the plans for the new cottage. They are sitting with the designer, a friend’s mom, at our kitchen table in Southey. They talk about lights, and windows, how the stairs will look, but that is...

The bell echos through the school, saying that recess time is over. I head to my locker and fight through the mess to grab my ELA binder and a pencil. Arriving in the classroom, I sit at my assigned desk, between all the rowdy boys. I’m pretty sure I...

I stretch awake on my own this morning, wondering what time it is. Like usual for winter mornings, the sky is still dark. The streetlight on the corner shines through the slits of my blinds into my bedroom. I can hear cars warming up for their morning commute. I...