Deck 4: Disabling a Meme: Disability Perspectives on Social Media

Question 1

What television and film celebrity created a controversy when he posted a meme on Facebook depicting a woman standing from a wheelchair and reaching for a bottle of liquor, with the caption "There has been a miracle in the alcohol isle"?

A) Chris Crocker
B) George Takei
C) Harrison Ford
D) William Shatner

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What term is used to describe the posting of images and videos that feature people with disabilities achieving great feats, often with a caption like "what's your excuse?"

A) Inspiration porn
B) Disability meme
C) Miracle meme
D) Vidal Video

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Beliefs that explain human identity as inscribed on our bodies and presumed real or unchanging.

A) Project identities
B) Hegemony
C) Essentialism
D) Homophily

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Representations of disability that emphasize the goal of repairing a bodily impairment are utilizing which of the following approaches?

A) Medical model of disability
B) Social model of disability
C) Political/relational model of disability
D) Compulsory ablebodiedness

Question 5

Representations of disability that emphasize the need for accommodation and accessibility are utilizing which of the following approaches?

A) Medical model of disability
B) Social model of disability
C) Political/relational model of disability
D) Compulsory ablebodiedness

Question 6

Representations of disability that emphasize the arbitrary and open-ended character of the category are utilizing which of the following approaches?

A) Medical model of disability
B) Social model of disability
C) Political/relational model of disability
D) Compulsory ablebodiedness

Question 7

Representations of disability that remind viewers that disability is a policed category and that disability must be rigorously performed are utilizing which of the following approaches?

A) Medical model of disability
B) Social model of disability
C) Political/relational model of disability
D) Compulsory ablebodiedness

Question 8

A paradigm of social theory that places disability and embodiment at the center of analysis.

A) Disability studies
B) Queer theory
C) Crip Theory
D) Intersectionality

Question 9

Which scholar is credited with the political/relational model of disability?

A) Robert McRuer
B) Alison Kafer
C) Cheryl Marie Wade
D) Martin Norden

Question 10

According to the 2014 American Community Survey, what is the percentage of Americans who identify as having a disability?

A) 4%
B) 8%
C) 12%
D) 16%

Question 11

How did a meme get George Takei in trouble with disability activists in 2014? Be sure to describe the meme and the various interpretations of it, including interpretations by disability activists.

Question 12

What assumptions does the disability/miracle meme suggest about the following topics: disability, alcohol, religion, wheelchairs.

Question 13

What is inspiration porn and why is it a problem?