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Unit of Study WELF3003 - Disability and Community Practice (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Examines the social construction of disability and theories of disablement. Introduces students to lived experiences of disability and the material, cultural and socio-political consequences of ableism and intersectionality. Critically analyses legislation, policy and practice in this field and promotes practices that enable social justice and social inclusion.

Unit content

  1. Disability discourses and conceptualisations
  2. Critical disability and theories of disablement
  3. Experiences of people living with disabilities: issues and barriers
  4. Issues and barriers: violence, safety, and disability
  5. Reimagining inclusion and access: disability legislation and policy
  6. Working with disability: practice approaches and frameworks

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term2
Term2
Online
Term2
Term2

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically explain the diverse lived experiences of people who live with disability

critically review and apply theories of disablement

analyse how legislation and policy influences experiences of disability

analyse hallmarks of good practice used in community organisations

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