This will be a written assignment for my doctoral aging and diversity class regarding the impact of diversity on my own aging.
For this particular assignment, using Mehrota, Chandra and Wagner, Lisa. (2009). Aging and diversity 2nd ed. New York: Routledge.
Ch. 3 & Laditka et al. (2009) respond to the following topic:
Interview someone who lives with a disability (physical or cognitive or a disability that is visible or non-visible). Ask about their beliefs, customs and traditions, and compare them to your own. Also ask how they are treated in this country and how might they imagine aging impacting their experiences. Use the assigned readings to support your claims.
For your reference, I am a healthy, white 34-year old female from Kentucky. I am extremely active and spend a lot of time working out and eating healthy food. Also, I am a college professor in the Exercise Science department and own an online fitness and nutrition coaching business.
I have attached recommended resources to elaborate on the assignment expectations. Make sure to provide substantial evidence from scholarly resources and refrain from making generalized statements. Textbooks, blogs, magazine or internet articles, book chapters, or special reports, do not count toward scholarly resources.
