CANA 1F91: Disability, Ableism, and Tokenism in Canadian Society

This essay analyzes the multifaceted experience of disability within the Canadian context, focusing on the interconnected concepts of disparity, ableism, and tokenism. It defines these terms, drawing on academic sources and course materials, to illustrate their impact on the lives of disabled individuals. The essay examines how the notion of "normalcy" shapes societal perceptions and contributes to the marginalization of those with disabilities. It explores the social, personal, and medical models of disability, highlighting how these frameworks influence research and understanding. Through the examination of specific examples, the essay aims to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by disabled people in Canada, emphasizing the importance of critical analysis and advocacy within the field of disability studies. The essay also references key concepts such as legal peripheries, dehumanization, standardization, pathology, media representation, and discourse to provide a comprehensive overview of disability studies in Canada.

Disability experience in Canada
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Camulli and Xie (2019) cited that disable people suffer from disparity, ableism, and
tokenism. The concept of disability has been a concern to states such that it draws more attention
to scholars as well as researchers all over Canada. Therefore, to effectively executes deep
research about the disability in Canada, topics related to Disparity, Ableism and Tokenism were
given priority in seminars as well as course work. Accordingly, this essay aims to analyze how
the disability is simultaneously a discursive category in Canada. In other words, the different
terms will be defined concerning the effect they have in the Canadian environment. The term
disparity according to Tracy Latimer, generally means the inability to distinguish anomalies,
which can be brought about by the dangerous illusion. In other words, the term normalcy is
perceived to be the unquestioned beginning point. According to Diep (2017) on Anticipatory
Governance, Anticipatory Advocacy, Knowledge Brokering, and the State of Disabled People's
Rights Advocacy in Canada illustrates that the term normalcy is familiar and invisible. One of
the examples of disability is the deprivation of human rights and dignity.
According to lectures notes encapsulates that term ableism means making the body to be
adapted to the standard, ideal, unquestioned and the importance idea (Loutfy et al., 2016).
However, based on the borrowed ideas from the lecture guide references shows that ableism
consists of beliefs over superiority. Some of the profound examples of ableism are heterosexism,
classism, and sexism. However, based on the examples which are found within the course
reading, ableism entailed memes.
Finally, the tokenism is a clear presentation of the proposition and policy which
contributes to the benefits of the recipient in undermining the very group of recipients its focus to
serve the nation. With references to the memes and Latimer case, tokenism can be renewed for
the actual things. Therefore, it brings up inspiration porn within society. On the other hand, an

idea borrowed from an ableist society is useful in creating awareness of the ableist society.
Consequently, the majority of the people who have some malfunction of the body typically
perceived that they are burden tokenism is cliché.
More importantly, the disparity mostly is contributed by the power, resources, funding,
representation, legalities or discriminatory ill wills. The disparity can be found in the memes,
Latimer Case as well as reading sources like course work. Based on the subtopic of discussion in
Canada seminar stipulates that there three models of the disability that is social, personal and
medical disabilities model (Parada, 2017).
In recap, presently, there are wide ranges of research done about the disabilities that
indicate how the visually impaired individual has more attention just like the celebrity. This is so
with aid of the various resources which deemphasizes the impacts of organizational factors as
well as personal attributes on the othering process.

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