DISABILITY & BIOETHICS

This course offers students a context from which to examine "disability" and "disability studies" from the perspectives of bioethics.  What can we learn when we put these two ever-broadening disciplines into conversation?   Throughout the course, we will endeavor to connect academic texts and theories to real-world dilemmas, with a focus on lived experience and the social contexts of disability. Our aims are not only to read, analyze, and communicate in academic styles but also to identify, understand, and communicate the relevance of both bioethics and disability studies as they apply to broader societal structures, including medicine, public health, law, politics, and beyond.