This is my introduction to your writing, and I like it! Thank you for delving into crip theory!
One picky point: while the older texts use the term "able-bodied," and it is still in use, many of us prefer "non-disable" because it reframes the difference not as one of how the body is configured, but of how a person is disabled or not based on how much that person's bodymind conforms to ableist cultural standards (it also helps to expand the cultural understanding of disability to include mind-based disabilities). This has evolved out of the medical vs. social model of disability discussion. That is a small point though; I love what you've written here. It gives me a warm fuzzy of inclusion that I rarely feel outside explicitly disability-inclusive environments.
I would also encourage you to also look into Disability Justice. If you're not familiar with Sins Invalid, that's a good place to start: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/
It’s so nice to see this after our little chat in the comments of the Alien article! I think my favorite disability book I’ve read so far is Disability Intimacy, an anthology about various forms of intimacy experienced by variously disabled individuals. I believe Alice Wong edited it. It does a good job of utilizing disability studies concepts (crip time is popular) in the context of the everyday and of desire. There are also contributors who are both disabled and queer! I think even a non-disabled (yet) person would get something out of the ways intimacy is conceived of in the book.
Next month, there’s also a new book about disability and accessibility coming out called Living Disability: Creating Accessible Futures For Everybody, and I’m excited to read it! I also think that everyone should know about the curb cut effect and think about how it can be applied to other accommodations originally made for disabled people that positively impact everyone.
Coming in to recommend Disability Intimacy too! Thank you for this!
This is my introduction to your writing, and I like it! Thank you for delving into crip theory!
One picky point: while the older texts use the term "able-bodied," and it is still in use, many of us prefer "non-disable" because it reframes the difference not as one of how the body is configured, but of how a person is disabled or not based on how much that person's bodymind conforms to ableist cultural standards (it also helps to expand the cultural understanding of disability to include mind-based disabilities). This has evolved out of the medical vs. social model of disability discussion. That is a small point though; I love what you've written here. It gives me a warm fuzzy of inclusion that I rarely feel outside explicitly disability-inclusive environments.
I would also encourage you to also look into Disability Justice. If you're not familiar with Sins Invalid, that's a good place to start: https://www.sinsinvalid.org/
Some other names you might find interesting:
* Mia Mingus
* Lydia X. Z. Brown
* Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
* Eli Clare
Thanks for sharing! That’s a helpful distinction re: language.
It’s so nice to see this after our little chat in the comments of the Alien article! I think my favorite disability book I’ve read so far is Disability Intimacy, an anthology about various forms of intimacy experienced by variously disabled individuals. I believe Alice Wong edited it. It does a good job of utilizing disability studies concepts (crip time is popular) in the context of the everyday and of desire. There are also contributors who are both disabled and queer! I think even a non-disabled (yet) person would get something out of the ways intimacy is conceived of in the book.
Next month, there’s also a new book about disability and accessibility coming out called Living Disability: Creating Accessible Futures For Everybody, and I’m excited to read it! I also think that everyone should know about the curb cut effect and think about how it can be applied to other accommodations originally made for disabled people that positively impact everyone.
Thanks for sharing! Love to add new stuff to my list