Concept

Critique of the words Disability and Disabled

The words disability and disabled have been criticized for how they have been over defined through the lens of whiteness, wealth, and rights-based political movements. Jasbir Puar poses that we should use the term debility to specifically note those who are denied access to the label of disability and a small amount of resources provided to those who are recognized by our legal and medical systems as disabled are often those whose body-minds have been purposefully eroded by the violence of capitalism, racism, colonialism, and oppression.

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Updated 2024-06-22

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