Sarah Caufield

#JMUPSYC220 | she/her | I love hiking & kayaking!

[Sarah Caufield @SarahCaufield]

@gracemagnerr @psyc220 yes definitely! educating people at a young age about different disabilities can help to end the stigma around it I think

[Sarah Caufield @SarahCaufield]

#CD7 @psyc220 one of my goals in the future is to become a school psychologist. I think people in this role could potentially reinforce systems of oppression for people with disabilities (either mental or physical), by not helping to provide proper resources to those with (1)

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@allie_pritz @psyc220 Yes definitely! Increasing access to resources would be a huge help

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@hflavinpsyc220 @psyc220 Thank you!

[Sarah Caufield @SarahCaufield]

@DaphnePfoser @psyc220 #CD7 @psyc220 I think this is definitely an important field to address marginalization and oppression. Especially in psychology research, many participants are middle class, majority white, college students. It’s important to expand research to represent a wide variety of people.

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@carolineglovis1 @psyc220 @psyc220 #CD7 I definitely think it is important to get to know the person/client before diagnosing anything. It is most important to try to address specific symptoms/problems they are having and working from first!

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@psyc220 #CD7 within the school system. As someone who would like to go into this field, I could work against this by making sure I talk & collaborate with the student’s teachers in order to make sure they are receiving the resources they need to accommodate their disability.

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@psyc220 #CD7 disabilities and not helping to advocate for them to other people in the school system. This could further isolate them, and be especially damaging since it is during early childhood. This could be considered part of an institutional oppression since it is (2)

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@goldstone_29 @psyc220 yes that’s definitely an important point! It’s certainly an issue that isn’t talked about as much as it should be, and is definitely something that needs to be addressed more on all levels.

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@psyc220 #CD6 one example of intersection that I thought of, although this is not a specific person, would be the intersectional identity of being a black disabled woman. As research has shown, black women in the US healthcare system consistently receive poorer treatment & (1)

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@Shannonliberty1 @psyc220 Yes, it’s definitely something that I think is overlooked when talking about racism and the experience marginalized people have in the US. It’s important to realize many different systems in the US continue to negatively impact the people it’s supposed to help.

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@carolineglovis1 @psyc220 yes I don’t think people talk about aspects of the healthcare system enough and how it can negatively effect different marginalized people.

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@mylindler @psyc220 @psyc220 #CD6 this is such an important point. It’s shocking how even within the same household, how significant of a difference a man and women will get paid for the same job.

[Sarah Caufield @SarahCaufield]

@jesszoggpsych @psyc220 @psyc220 #CD6 this is a great example of intersectionality. Another interesting thing I have noticed, related to this idea, is that even in fields that tend to be dominated by women, men still hold positions of power that pay more (ex: more men are principals in education)

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@Dakotapsyc220 @psyc220 @psyc220 #CD3b I have seen this first hand. With my brother, his medication can be very expensive. If we didn't have good insurance, it would be very expensive to try to afford all of his medication.

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@charlottepsyc @psyc220 #CD5b @psyc220 I agree with this. I feel like it is setting a standard that is unrealistic, and putting the specific person in this picture on a pedestal. I don't think it's fair that they are setting a higher standard too.

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@mylindler @psyc220 @pysc220 #CD5a I agree with this & had not thought about it from this perspective. I think that the busses at JMU might not be easy/accessible for people with disabilities to use, or at least they aren't with how crowded they get. This also would make it hard to get around campus

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@milanohrjmu @psyc220 #CD5a @psyc220 I have definitely seen this too! I noticed that many entrances to Madison Union are only by stairs, and some lecture halls also only have stairs to access certain parts, which makes impossible for wheelchair users to get around to these areas

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#CD5b @psyc220 disabilities to dances and record it. The person asking is seen as a "hero" and the person with a disability is given pity, thus they are not seen as a person and objectified.

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#CD5b @psyc220 Prompt 3: "inspiration porn" is described as when people with disabilities are objectified, and not seen as actual people capable of achieving things. An example of this in our larger society is when people in high school would ask other students with (1)