Disability & Society: A focus on Community and the Outdoors
Instructor: Jason M. Naranjo, Ph.D.
Office: Zoom, You make the Appointment
Cell/TXT: 206-724-3153
Email: jnaranjo@uw.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment via Zoom or Phone
In Person Class Meetings: IN PERSON CLASS MEETINGS WILL HAPPEN AT EITHER THE SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE or STEVENS PASS 7 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE WINTER
Online Class Meeting Dates: UW class meetings will be: Fridays 01.10; 02.07; 03.07 from 10am-11:30am. Via Zoom please see links under the Zoom tab in course navigation. Online sessions will be captioned, recored and transcribed to maximize accessibility.
Course Description
Video that Shows What we do in this Course: YouTubeLinks to an external site.
Being part of our course and the partnership between the UW and the Outdoors For All Foundations means that you are helping to make outdoor play and learning accessible for people with disabilities in our community. This course is designed to provide a space for you to learn how scholarship and practice in the field of Disability Studies in Education is applied in community through accessible outdoor recreation. Through use of community-engaged learning, academic texts, and contemporary media we will explore the following areas of study: a) historical and philosophical foundations, b) the inclusion/exclusion of people with disabilities and those labeled with disability in formal and informal learning contexts, and c) allyship and social change.
Community-Engament Requirements
- This course is a community-engaged learning course taught in partnership with the Outdoors for All Foundation. In person class meetings will be in the mountains at local ski areas. You will sign-up for an on mountain volunteer role. Look here and sign up: Job DescriptionsLinks to an external site.
- Outdoors for All will provide training for each of the outdoor activities that you will support. If you do not complete these trainings, you cannot participate in this course. There is some flexibility in when trainings are completed; however we ask that you attend and complete on mountain trainings as listed below.
- Additional online trainings through Outdoors for All are also required before you being your time with participants Online TrainingsLinks to an external site. .
- If you are working as a Downhill Ski or Snowboard Instructor you will either a) be provided w/a daily lift ticket or b) be able to buy a season pass at deeply discounted rate (about $200).
- You must have your own ski or snowboard equipment. Snowshoes will be provided for those in that program.
Roles and Training Dates:
When: December 7, 8, 14, and 15 (December 21 and 22 are backup days)
Where: The Summit at Snoqualmie and Stevens Pass (depending on the mountain you will volunteer at)
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM each day.
- NORDIC & SNOW SHOE INSTRUCTORS
When: December 14 and 15 (The 21st and 22nd are backup days)
Where: The Summit at Snoqualmie
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM each day
- Drivers, Vehicle Chaperones, Equipment Manager, And Lodge Assitants
Drivers and Vehicle Chaperones
When: November 18th and December 2nd (choose one)
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: Outdoors for All office in Bellevue
Equipment Managers
When: December 4 and December 10 (choose one)
Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Where: Outdoors for All office in Bellevue
Lodge Assistants
There is no in-person training for Lodge Assistants. There will be an orientation the first day of volunteering.
When: January 4th
Time: 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: The Summit at Snoqualmie
Course Learning Goals
- You will identify, discuss, and demonstrate your understanding of accessibility issues related to outdoor recreation by working with Outdoors for All on a community project dealing with the provision of adaptive and inclusive summer recreation opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
- You will, through reflective practice, describe the complexities of social issues related to ableism, access, and inclusion in sport & play and actively attempt to apply the knowledge to community situations via your service-learning project with Outdoors for All.
- You will examine what you currently know, and through the service-learning experience, practice reframing your understandings of disability, outdoor recreation, and social change
- You will connect scholarly research and contemporary disability justice activism to actions that will improve society and serve your communities.
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Required texts and Readings
Text
Wong, A. (2020). Disability Visibility: First-person stories from the twenty-first century.
For a fully accessible version of the text via VitalSource: https://www.vitalsource.com/products/disability-visibility-alice-wong-v9781984899439
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Media including podcasts, film, and current popular media pieces will be made available throughout the quarter.
Assignments—Assessment of Learning Objectives
Critical Incident Journaling (10-points each, 70 points total)
Final Reflective Paper (10-points)
Outdoors for All Service Learning Log (20-points)