LOOKING BEHIND ME: HOW IDENTITY,

SOCIETY, LITERATURE, AND EDUCATION

EFFECT DISABILITY
Carol Ashey
ENGL 491

HEARING LOSS CHART

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS THAT

SPORT d/DEAF OR HARD OF
HEARING MAIN CHARACTERS

Five Flavors of Dumb

by Antony John
Wonderstruck!
by Brian Selznick
Belonging
by Virginia M. Scott

The Hunger Games

by Suzanne Collins

JOAN BLASKAS 10 CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING BOOKS WITH

CHARACTERS WITH DISABILITIES
Promotes empathy not pity

Depicts acceptance not ridicule

Emphasizes success rather than, or in addition, to failure.

Promotes positive images of persons with disabilities or illness.

Assists children in gaining accurate understanding of the disability or

illness.

Demonstrates respect for persons with disabilities or illness.

Promotes attitude of "one of us" not "one of them."

Uses language which stresses person first, disability second philosophy,

i.e. Jody who is blind.

Describes the disability or person with disabilities or illness as realistic

(i.e., not subhuman or superhuman.)

Illustrates characters in a realistic manner

SOURCES
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Blaska, Joan K. "Children's Literature That Includes Characters With Disabilities or Illnesses." Disability
Studies Quarterly 24.1 (2004): n. pag. Web. 7 Sept. 2014. http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/854/1029.
- Nielsen, Kim E. A Disability History of the United States. Boston: Beacon, 2012. Print.
- Salend, Spencer J. Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Merrill, 2001. Print.
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