Psychology of the Handicapped
Yvonne Singer
Having any kind of disabilities should not prevent anybody from becoming a
productive member of society. If medical doctors cannot determine the full
extent of a person's brain damage, how can they assume that the person has
very low intelligence, especially when she or he has no way of
communicating? In addition, how can these doctors predict the person will
never do anything? Doctors know that science presents a lot of trial and
error. They should say, "Since the person has no way of communicating, we
cannot determine his or her intelligence at this time. We recommend the
person must seek therapy and education." This way the person has hope of a
better life!
Even though nobody thought that I would not amount to anything due to having
severe Cerebral Palsy, I am an on-line psychology professor at Middlesex
County College. If I had given up fighting up the good fight, I would have
died a long time ago. An article, entitled Her greatest lesson is her
tenacity (http://home.att.net/~ysinger/slartps.htm), was published in the
Star Ledger. I recently wrote an essay called Teaching The "Yes, I Can"
Attitude
(http://prod.campuscruiser.com/cruiser/middlesexcc/yvonnems2369/canyes.html).
On February 16, 2007, I submitted a course proposal to teach Psychology of
Handicapped on-line for Middlesex County College. I quickly taught myself
how to search for college textbooks and software because I never received
any assistance. It was disheartening to rediscover that there are not many
college textbooks on developmental disabilities. To my amazement, there are
many textbooks about other minorities such as African Americans and Gender
Issues. Why? It is quite simple. As long as people with disabilities do not
have a voice, they must continue fighting the good fight in order to gain
equal rights and equal opportunities. When I finally found an appropriate
textbook, I was so thrilled! After the course proposal was approved on
4/4/2007, I designed Psychology of the Handicapped on-line classroom in
WebCT 4.1.1 format. I collected numerous Internet links to support the
course materials because the textbook did not come with SOFTWARE. I plan to
teach this course as an adjunct during Spring 2008. Originally, I was going
to teach it this Fall 2007.
Could you please place http://home.att.net/~ysinger/ onto your web pages?
If you want to talk more, email me at ysi...@worldnet.att.net .
Fighting the good fight,
Yvonne Singer
Yvonne Singer
wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified."
[186]"But full of signs, full of wisdom; you the Jesuits, what you wish is a
Christ not crucified, a religion without miracles and without wisdom."
18710:26 "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep."
188"Not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye... were filled."
18916. "This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath day.
Others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?"
[190]John 9:17, 33. "What sayest thou of him? He said, He is a prophet. If
this man were not of God, he could do nothing."
191Mark 9:39. Nemo est enim qui faciat. "There is no man which shall do a
miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me."
192Ps. 138:24. "And see if there be any wicked way in me."
193Luke 22:66. "Art thou the Christ? tell us."
194John 5:36. "The works which the father hath given me to finish... bear
witness of me." John 10:26-27. "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my
sheep... My sheep hear my voice.
[195]"What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee. (They
do not say: What doctrine do you preach?)"
196John 3:2. "No man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be
with him."
[197]"The Lord, making manifest his presence, upholdeth them that are his
own portion."
198"And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven."
199Matt. 12:39. "An evil generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no
sign be given to it."
200"And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, why doth this generation
seek after a sign?"
201"Mark 6:5. "And he could there do no mighty work."
202John 4:48. "Except ye see... ye will not believe."
2039. "In signs and lying wonders."
204II Thess. 2:9-11 "After the working of Satan... and with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish, because they received
not the love of