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Disability
See also disability studies.
According to many definitions, a disability or functional impairment is an impairment that may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or some combination of these. Other definitions describe disability as the societal disadvantage arising from such impairments. Disability substantially affects a person's life activities and may be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime. ...more
According to many definitions, a disability or functional impairment is an impairment that may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or some combination of these. Other definitions describe disability as the societal disadvantage arising from such impairments. Disability substantially affects a person's life activities and may be present from birth or occur during a person's lifetime. ...more
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The body as home, but only if it is understood that bodies are never singular, but rather haunted, strengthened, underscored by countless other bodies.
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― Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
― Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
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Miraculously recover or die. That's the extent of our cultural bandwidth for chronic illness.
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