Disability rights and inclusion have come a long way in the past decades. However, for the most part, disability rights were granted from a position of pity, which reinforced stereotypes of weaknesses among disabled and neurodivergent persons[1]. As a matter of fact, disability rights are often eroded because of
Disability is conceptualized in many contexts and frameworks. One of the most inspiring and empowering approaches of handling disability in a society is the Capability Approach (CA). This asserts that disability must be handled constructively by critiquing the barriers people with disabilities face in achieving their goals with the competencies
Disability in general, causes people to interpret and understand the world in ways different from the majority of people around them. That is only logical because they encounter a set of experiences that causes them to develop distinct lenses of perceiving, understanding, and engaging with the world. Neurodiversity is fundamentally
Highly gifted persons are people with an IQ of 145 and above[1]. Those with an IQ of over 180 are considered “Profoundly Gifted”[2]. At that level, it is difficult for people around such a person to understand and appreciate their views on things. As such, profoundly gifted persons
As advocates for persons excluded because of their disabilities, we are very vocal about the concept of discapability. Discapability is a social construct resulting from how society treats disabled persons that prevents them from functioning in their area of greatest capability. Nowhere is the social constructionist element of disability more
When you hear of a “disabled person”, what comes to mind? In many cases, disability conjures different emotions in different people. A specific image comes to mind when we think of disability, like: 1. Inability 2. Less capable 3. A person who needs help 4. A person we should feel
Disability almost always means activating an innate ability that most people have not developed. This renders disabled persons as “uniquely able” persons. In reality, most disabled people are simple persons set apart because of a visible or invisible disability. The modern society driven by economic goals tends to place labels
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