https://mail.dhd752groupproject.digital.uic.edu/files/original/050301860bcbbdfeea3e22db63959701.png 5e9d71f57d43f96d675ad4673a6c5334 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Assistive Technology and Medical Practice in the News Description An account of the resource This collection includes images and video clips from news media depictions of assistive technology in medical practice. Items were selected to highlight the arbitrary distinction between assistive technology and medical devices and demonstrate how media depictions of technology in this context reinforce stigmatizing and exclusionary attitudes, values, and beliefs embedded in the medical establishment and American culture at large. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Electrocuted by 11,000 Volts, Now an Amputee...and an MD by Alicia Gallegos (<em>WebMD News</em>, 2022) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alicia Gallegos Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gallegos, A. (2022, January 14). Electrocuted by 11,000 volts, now an amputee…and an MD. WebMD Health News. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20220118/electrocuted-amputee-doctor Description An account of the resource This 2022 <em>WebMD Health News</em> article on Dr. BJ Miller, who is a triple amputee, highlights how the news media reinforces a medical model of disability founded on the assumption that the problem of disability exists wtihin the person. The story and accompanying images highlight Miller's prostetics in a manner that defines him according to his personal differences. Unacknowledged by the article is the assistive role of universal telemedicine technology in enabling his online palliative care practice. This representation affirms a belief that physical “normality” is a prerequisite for meaningful social contribution.