“As an art therapist writing my thesis on the impact my disability (and consequently the presence of my seizure alert dogs) in art therapy sessions, impacts transference and the therapeutic relationship.
I find the most difficult aspect of disability as a diversity is due to the stigmatism associated with different disabilities. While we can be made up of literally any population, class, race, gender identity, and so forth, we are, despite the shared experience of disability, divided by our more prominently expected classifications.
We don’t know how to accommodate disabled people into education in this field. I was told by one university to apply again when I no longer need my service dog. While this is heartbreaking it’s is frustrating and after years I am still unable to move past this injustice. I have always wanted a disabled therapist so someone would just KNOW what I mean when I talk about disability related issues.
Rhoda Olkin is the author we most frequently look to in educating new psychologists, but we need a voice, as Olkin’s article “Could you hold the door for me? Including disability in diversity” points very clearly to. Also multi ability rooms replacing replacing disability rooms only shames us further as a culture.”
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06/11/19