The World Turned Upside-Down

[Natty]

I think Finkelstein's account demonstrates the sense of normality that can be dictated by society. It's useful in showing us how our willingness to believe in what we are told could become ridiculous, and our construction of the self should be an individual development.

[ToYz]

The upside down world is a good example of showing how disability is a social construction because it targets the majority to picture how it could really be for us, however, it does not do much for those who have minor impairments or disabilities that they can hide. The overall problem with the stigma held towards the 'disabled' is because scholars make these 'effective' illustrations for the majority to understand and forget about the subjects in-between. The media is also partly to blame, for they think they are being fair by including the appearance of the disabled, yet they still show how they are marginalised within their literal appearances. Nevertheless, it is understandable how challenging it would be to adopt the change yet it has to change at some point. The examples of homosexuals "coming out" is an example of how it could be a success. 

[dell_boi]

Social factors affect most disabled people because their world revolves around what areas and what jobs are accessible. If the world revolved around disabled people it would mean that the norm would be (according to Finkelstein) to be in a wheelchair (or anyother disability) and the abnormal would to be not in one. This would mean that the perception on the world would be the 'disabled' to be 'able-bodied' and vice versa.