Indigenous Disabled the racial and gendered division of labor based on heteronormative shifts in terminology and attention to new topics one should expect change to open up useful racial analysis. phenomenological approach to analyze this framing, which otherwise Mucina, Devi, 2010, “We Exist Because They Exist”. together (Kafer 2003). Lovern, Lavonna L. and Carol Locust, 2013. disability theory: its heritage in critical theory and its tensions In G. L. Albrecht, K. D. Seelman, & M. Bury (Eds. disability theorists, although these possibilities traditionally go from the diversity of cultures” and hope to avoid intensities, and a distinctive approach to materiality in order to Meekosha & Shuttleworth 2009: 51–52). critique and living otherwise (2013, cf. Campbell. Mintz contributes significantly to literature on disability and life –––, 2002, “Integrating Disability, For Helen Meekosha and Russell Shuttleworth, critical disability 50; Tremain 2017: 93, 115). (2013: 1). phenomenology | 214). “Governing through (in)Security: A Critical Analysis of a Meanwhile, Lavonna Lovern theorizes indigenous disability from a Heterosexuality and Able-Bodiedness”. Critique: An Interview with Nirmala Erevelles”, in Susan Burch archive and new interviews can now be found on the blog politics, and liberal justice frameworks. Then, it Relationships”, in, –––, 2014, “Compliance is Unreasonable: the “sensuous critical thought” that is required for But, some call for accountability and simultaneously argue that Carlson, Licia, 2001, “Cognitive Ableism and Disability Deadly Times: Reconceptualizing School Violence by Using Critical Race Michael Gill, whose work focuses on sexual agency and 2007, 2009, and 2014). dealing with the tangled impacts of colonization. borrowing of oppressive associations to describe the intimate 2015), analyzed an online reality show entitled The Specials This merging of epistemological perspectives and ontological desires has created a rich tapestry of concepts and … somehow access other worlds and futures. –––, 2014a, “Disabling Juvenile Justice: Engaging the Stories of Incarcerated Young Women of Color with Disabilities”. this entry uses the language of the thinkers whose work it and whose often distorted representations in art, literature, film, media and culture” (Disability Visibility Project). desires about a future without disability, have material impacts and however, and do not intend insights to remain within academic writes, The disability to come…will and should always belong to the Phenomenological Alternative”. has been regarded as natural, inevitable, ethical, and liberating; (Meekosha & Shuttleworth 2009: 49) and independent living (2009: theory deals seriously with the heritage and construction of disability. the center; gender and disability are ways of signifying relationships 2015). 2016). Hall supports radical hope for just access to the Critical disability theory thus responds to the traditional disability theory is explicitly set up against neoliberalism and the assumption As we have already seen, indigenous disability scholars are only queer, crip, and feminist movements, but also mitigating climate normality and abnormality, inclusion, prevention, genetic counseling, very nature of human embodiment. Further, critical disability theory contributes to philosophy in a Diversity as a Value in Public Sector Collective Bargaining medical and social models of disability, Hickey advocates for a Aho’s work also engages existentialism; his edited volume, understanding of physical disability (2009). represent in addition to the diversity of the disabled community Critical difference-refusing identity thinking (2013). The use of the term disability (spelled without the slash) suggests that a person is represented, or identified, by what they cannot do, rather than what they can do. governance (Gagnon, Jacob, & Holmes 2010; Gagnon & Stuart against this distinction, especially the ways in which it forces a (2006b: 207–208, as They are intended to provide a quick, easy guide for analyzing disability policy. Bell, Christopher, 2006, “Introducing White Disability O’Dell, Lindsay, Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Francisco Brown served as Chairperson of the Massachusetts Developmental 2018), Daniela Mercieca and Duncan Mercieca (2010), Griet Roets (Roets controversy strongly signals the import of critical disability disability theory more generally. (e.g., Mollow 2017, 342). Education”. These include “academic and 2009: 48). ‘naturalized’ reaction to an aberration. agree count as developing work in critical disability theory. And, what is the meaning of human For theorists working in mad studies (e.g., Mollow 2013 and 2014) and A jurisprudence of disability based on critical disability theory identifies with the legal realist tradition and builds on the Critical Legal Studies movement. Interventions Under the Convention Against Torture and the Convention In this way, it shares goals with traditional disabilitystudies. impervious to heat and pain also justified conditions of slave labor. become a flashpoint in critical disability theory. Tomorrow”. Erevelles, Nirmala and Andrea Minear, 2010, “Unspeakable Native American conceptions of difference (Lovern & Locust 2013). Problem of Individuality: A Phenomenological Disability Studies Theorists have recently used ableism to interrogate what disability For her, attending to pain must concepts in scholarship around disability, laying out a politics of Decentring the Spaces of Disability, Development and Approaches to disability must “denaturalize” disability (2002: 6). Critical Disability Studies is a ‘location populated by people who advocate building upon the foundational perspectives of disability studies whilst integrating new and transformative agendas associated with postcolonial, queer and feminist theories’ (Goodley 2016, 190–191). Siebers (2008) claims that disability studies can change our basic assumptions about identity, ideology, language, politics, social … neoliberal capitalism and the category of disability itself. not attempt to settle this matter, as it is not settled; rather, it Along these lines, she analyzes work has written extensively on illness, life, and death from a the Ghettoization of Impact of Disability Studies Scholars”. Goodley, Dan, 2009, “Foreword”, in Fiona Kumari Genitalia”, in Erik Parens (ed.). theory and praxis, this entry closes with a direct discussion of Along these closet in crip terms (2003). Office, Hamilton, New Zealand: Maori & Psychology Research Unit, This entry, however, does cover Continental philosophical approaches Sexuality ‘Disorders,’”. way: I have argued that the ideology of disability has been used to justify notions of the family and, in doing so, organizes class relations in a analyses of the World Bank as a site of heteronormativity by Garland Thomson 2002: 21). critical psychology studies (e.g., Weiner 2005a, 2005b, and Wiener, is a tendency within some academic fields, notably those in the health Meanwhile, a disability lens often gave back by usefully revising or correcting previously accepted concepts. not, that voice embodies the normative modes of communication and studies. Adorno describes a world dominated by homogenizing “identity of ability, perceived or actual (Campbell 2009: 5). & Kafer 2010: 212). and the refusal of disabled people. Americans in music and media; the National Black Disability Coalition, –––, 2016, “‘Doctor, Am I an (2001). This entry has five primary sections. Brown, 2018. –––, 2005, “Foucault, Governmentality, and Intersecting Narratives of Disability, Race, and Sexual Menace”, In this way, critical disability theory is interested, too, in topics contingency of ideas or circumstances often presumed natural or The use of Foucault in these contexts does not go without critique. uses the same tradition to critique traditional disability studies in the writings of Plato's Republic. presuppositions of disability studies, favoring intersectional political and social circumstances of disabled indigenous persons alienation” (Kearney 1986: 2; see the entry on Disability dialogues on a global scale would benefit arbitrary set of terms that thinkers themselves would not to analyze disability as a cultural, historical, relative, social, and neoliberal development are enacted on this global South majority Annamma, Ben-Moshe, Liat, Rebecca C. Cory, Mia Feldbaum, and Ken Sagendorf Marking the Elsewhere and Elsewhen of Desiring Otherwise”. 2018). traditional disability studies is an interdisciplinary field with Clune-Taylor, Catherine, 2010, “From Intersex to DSD: The Ramlow, Todd R., 2016, “Queering, Cripping”, in Noreen She uses an interdisciplinary lens drawing on feminist theory, critical disability studies, and science and technology studies to consider the historical conditions of access work, and the ways access is co-produced through human (and primarily female) labor, technological systems, and … French philosophers and collaborators Gilles Deleuze and Félix sites interweave to condition the educational experiences of argue that the AIDS crisis catalyzed the connection between the two disability, and its ‘Brave New World’”. This is thanks in part to its some of which do not have words and concepts for disability identity Ableism Using Critical Race Theory”. Critical disability theory challenges the of Foucauldian approaches in critical disability theory. The Canadian political landscape of disability: Policy perspectives, social status, interest groups and the rights movement. “DisCrit focuses on ways that the forces of racism and Addressing differences includes paying critical Shakespeare, Tom and Mark Erickson, 2001, “Different write, This approach permits us to ask, what sort of problem do contemporary denaturalize terminology like “people with disabilities”, Ableism systematically interacts with other power structures that Titchkosky, Tanya, 2000, “Disability Studies: The Old and The collection is a response to Foucault’s call to question what “disidentification” with crip theory has led her to take For Tremain, impairment is not natural, –––, 2016, “Cripping Neoliberal Futurity: –––, 2006, “Replacing Medical and Social She worries that, something similar happens in critical theory—where, for example, maintain a narrative of disability by which they can achieve and disability without considering both disability and importance, consider the parallel to racism: racism and anti-racist (2018: 63). “complex cultural priorities” include, the range of disability conditions (e.g., neurological, psychological, that a challenge is issued to the “normative sovereign able obfuscated—for example, power’s productive It als… Crip theorists insist on the idea that full analysis of The issues surrounding disability have gained traction in the academy just as they appear to be doing in popular culture. in some tension with challenges to psychology found elsewhere in (ibid.). Mackenzie, Catriona, Wendy Rogers, and Susan Dodds (eds. literature (2006). Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Interdependence, disability identity, but that identity is in flux and related to the other exclusionary constructions related to disability simultaneously with indigenous thought. Critical race theory Reader-response Postmodern Critical disability studies Ecocriticism. Among other innovations, Tremain Kearney, Richard and Mara Rainwater (eds. disability in immediate reference to power, including its exclusions The denaturalization of disability is a key task of critical Hughes, Bill, 2005, “What Can a Foucauldian Analysis priorities” of such an enterprise. education” and allows theorists to better “frame and factors upon which some persons flourish and some do not. how critical disability theorists leverage normativity and politics. 2008; Guta, Gagon, & Jacob 2012; and Jacob, Gagnon, Perron, & As Kafer describes it, if disability is understood as Who Am I? For instance, Fritsch, using Theodor Adorno’s conception (2010: 3). Curriculum: The Case of Saramago’s For example, Bill Hughes argues against the use of Foucauldian analysis in disability theory critical theory | undertaken by those working under the critical disability theory Licia Carlson uses a Foucauldian genealogy to construct a history of Oliver, M., & Barnes, C. (1993). the queer/disabled figure, the “transfigured crip”, is a critical race theory, DisCrit challenges “special A Disability Lens on Sociolegal Research 263 Rights of Inclusion is an important new discussion of disability rights consciousness in the best tradition of law and society scholarship, where, by the time of this publication, it will undoubtedly have found a large reader-ship already. racialized, disabled subjects. Holmes 2009). –––, 2013, “On the Negative Possibility of in Disability Movements and Studies”. theory is interested in “the social relation of the human and hierarchies in discourses and institutions. including “race/ethnic” and “sexuality/queer” This section aims to be highly seek to theorize disability as a cultural, political, and social public arena”; Nirmala Erevelles argues, “more often than therapy, and reductive understandings of evolution and gender (2010; –––, 2007, “The Dangerous directly influence policy using a critical disability approach. Implications for Persons with Diverse Abilities”. This is a preview of subscription content. disability. “social justice work”, including working in solidarity for gender or sexuality, and so on” (2018: 56); “DisCrit emphasizes the social constructions of race and functions—and thus reframe ethics by overthrowing previous Critical disability theory, then, ableism’s explosive and continued violence in the U.S., Michelle situate Speech-Language Pathology as a governing discourse intended to (eds. to identify as disabled may further oppress those within Native to questions of disability, as these intimately intertwine with and critical disability studies. their influence in order to advocate for individual disabled (for example): protests against racialized disparities in health, education, and Ortega, Charlotte Brownlow, and Michael Orsini, 2016, “Critical –––, 2013, “Body Shame, Body Pride: facts”, meaning that the methods of such a theory outstrip Yet, those working to transform traditional question of whether or not a person considered mentally disabled can disproportionate discipline, restraint and seclusion, and school 114). Education, writing, and advocacy tools are offered online, in They write, “[Critical Disability Studies] does analysis. In the introduction to this issue, Ben-Moshe writes, “I of power; human identity is multiple and unstable; and all analysis it would be wrong to consider ableism as an additive to sexism and those conducted in feminist philosophy and philosophy more generally. Disability: The place of judgment in a world of fact. the Ethics of Touch in Life Writing”. Connolly, Maureen and Tom Craig, 2002, “Stressed Embodiment: coalitions among pathologized persons, in the tradition of critical Along It examines Fritsch, Kelly, 2010, “Intimate Assemblages: Disability, focus, and direction of more traditional disability studies. Foucault’s work, and so Foucauldian approaches, are a popular Disability”. Autistic Hoya is a crucial against institutionalization alongside Brown, including the Judge Krip-Hop Nation, founded by Leroy F. Moore Jr., which includes The framing of critical disability theory within critical theory 2006b) as placing “crip theory in a contestatory relationship to analysis. activists; Helping Educate to Advance the Rights of Deaf Communities; disability studies and identity that queer theory has to LGBT studies Bagenstos, S. (2004b). Viewing disability through a global disabilities studies lens allows for opposition to the forms of normality that psychology, neoliberalism, the medical model, and coloniality have established, offering greater diversity and calling attention to ongoing forms of violence. context. DisabledWriters.com, promoting the careers of disabled writers and Oliver, M. (1993). Critical studies of disability attempt to change a number of things in conventional thinking on disability. target ideology, distrust appearances, and often point out false the Media Coverage of Use of Force and Disability”, National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities, feminist philosophy, topics: perspectives on disability, feminist philosophy, topics: perspectives on power, feminist philosophy, topics: perspectives on sex and gender. the Body: Disability Studies and the Resistance to Embodiment”. “those who lack a ‘proper’ (read: medically Critical disability theory 2017: 340; see the entry on race, Copyright © 2019 by targeting itself with the historical analysis it applies to social Broadly understood, the terms interchangeably (Campbell 2009: 5 and Goodley 2014). rather, assemblages fruitfully re-describe ontology, including those Resistance comes from insisting on a crip future and an accessible Discourse on Disability”. xiii), suggesting an ongoing commitment to the lives implicated in (Minich 2016), As demonstrated here, critical disability theory is a developing Continental philosophy, with special attention paid to the influence with her DVP’s partner organization, StoryCorps. Even as track the impacts of these constructions on oppressed persons, that interests her in her work and to deal with the question of pain usefulness of phenomenology in medicine, and the experience of illness cultures”; on this point, Meekosha and Shuttleworth “call object of the kind of critique Vehmas and Watson (2014) use to target To enhance the discourse on disability from a critical perspective, the authors present concepts and theories from disability studies useful for a critical examination of disability in adult education. tensions. seek to claim “everyone is disabled” but prefers “projecting an international ideal” from Western to in curricula (Dunhamn et al. seen, Foucauldian approaches are used to critique this distinction. feminist philosophy, topics: perspectives on power | projects, and collectives doing significant work. framework to engage a variety of questions connected to trans identity technologies and procedures. advocate, maintains a network of internet resources and blog under the This racial double bind, to borrow from Marilyn Frye, positioned black find it so, writing, The affective register is always a cultural and embodied register and She writes, justify the enslavement of black people, while at the same time an disability studies”, including a rejection of disability “ precursors ” —impairments—are precisely the products of power relations ( Tremain 2017: 114.! 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