Professor Sharon N. Barnartt, Department of Sociology, University of Gallardet, USA

On the morning of October 23, the Suzaku expert lecture of the Zheshe College was held in the lecture hall of 1421 of Zhixin Building. Professor Sharon N. Barnartt of the Department of Sociology of the University of Gallardet in the United States made a speech entitled “Using sociology to change our perception of disability: Is the disability a fixed or a mobile?" academic lecture. Professor Ge Zhongming, the social work department of Zheshe College, presided over the lecture. The lecture attracted many teachers and students to come and the audience was full.

This report is divided into four parts: one is to introduce the history of disability sociology, the other is to explain the concept of disability sociology, the third is to criticize the hypothesis behind disability sociology, and the fourth is to challenge the role and status of sociology. People's perception of the disabled. At the beginning of the lecture, Professor Sharon N. Barnartt introduced the different definitions of “disability” in different periods, and the different views of various social schools on “disability” in different periods. Early sociologists generally put a negative label on “disability”, saying that “disability” represents “inefficient”, “unhealthy” and “degraded”; in the 1950s, Parsons’ functionalist theory held that “disability is one A disease, and the concept of "pathological role"; the symbolic interaction theory of the 1960s considered that "disability is an abnormality", so social control was imposed to limit and prevent deviant behavior. Next, Professor Sharon N. Barnartt explored and criticized the false assumptions behind the socialist school's prejudice against “disability” in different periods. She believes that their definition of “disability” ignores the effects of physical, psychological, social and cultural factors on disability, and suggests that it is necessary to distinguish between pathology, functional deficits, disorders and disabilities, and that disability must be seen as the interaction between humans and the environment. the result of. At the end of the lecture, Professor Sharon N. Barnartt proposed to use the role and status of sociology to challenge people's perceptions of disability. She believes that roles and status are the foundation of the social environment, and people play many roles throughout their lives and at all times. The set of characters and their distinctiveness that a person possesses can affect the possible effects of damage. Depending on the aspects of the role, the damage will more or less cause disability, and because the role will change over time, the disabled The degree is unstable. Therefore, she believes that disability is mainly from the environment. If people are disabled due to physical, technical or social environment, reducing disability means changing these environments. After the report, the lecture ended with a warm applause.

Dr. Sharon N. Barnartt, Professor of Sociology at the University of Galladet, USA, focuses on sociological research in the field of disability, co-authoring "The Present is the Principal: The Revolution of 1988 at Garrett University" (1995) And "Competitive Politics in the Disability and Deaf Community" (2001). Published several papers on socioeconomic status and disability/deafness, legal and disability policy issues, and published a book on social movements in disability communities, former president of the American Society for Disability Research, Social Science Research and Disability Assistant editor, and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Disability Policy Research.