Disability justice

This section contains resources on ableism, police violence against folks with disabilities, accessibility and inclusion, and more.

CONTEXT

• Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity by Simi Linton

• Kindling: Writings On the Body by Aurora Levins Morales. Palabrera Press; First Thus Used edition (May 1, 2013)

• The Culture of Pain by David B. Morris, University of California Press; Reprint edition (April 12, 1993)  

• The Body In Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry, Oxford University Press; 1 edition (April 23, 1987)

• Defining Impairment & Disability – University of Leeds, Centre for Disability Studies

• Disability History Timeline: Resource and Discussion Guide

• Popaganda: Women and Pain (podcast)

• Medical Industrial Complex (visual by activist Mia Mingus)

ABLEISM & DISABILITY JUSTICE

• Disability Justice – a working draft by Patty Berne

• Forced Intimacy: An Ableist Norm by Mia Mingus

• Time has Come to Embrace Disability Justice Movement by Janine Bertram Kemp

• Identity-First Language by Lydia X. Z. Brown

• Disability in an Ableist World by Lydia X. Z. Brown

• 10 Answers to Common Questions People Ask When Being Called Out for Using Ableist Language by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg

• Disability Identity and Language by Annie Elainey (video)

• This is Disability Justice by Nomy Lamm

• I am Disabled: On Identity-First Versus People-First Language by Cara Liebowitz

• Becoming Disabled by Michael E. Weinstien

• Stop Weaponizing Mental Health for your Anti-Blackness by Cameron Glover

• I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much TEDxSydney talk by Stella Young

• 6 Ways Your Social Justice Activist Might Be Ableist by Carolyn Zaikowski

• Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement Oral History Archives from the University of California

• Interactive Timeline: The Disability Rights Movement

ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION

• I am NOT an Afterthought: The Dangers of Everyday Ableism in our Transportation Systems by Taylor Carmen

• Lessons for our Future From the Disability Intersectionality Community by Carrie

• How our communities can move beyond access to wholeness by Mia Mingus

• Can You Tell The Difference Between Accommodation and Accessibility? by Katie Rose Guest Pryal

• Resources on Disability Etiquette, Accessible Spaces & Demos, Events, Disability History, Disability Justice & Culture

• Disability and Access Toolkit by Showing Up for Racial Justice

• Disability Resources by the Washington Peace Center (tips on being an ally, how to make your event accessible, and organizations to support)

STATE VIOLENCE & DISABILITY JUSTICE

• Police violence frequently targets disabled black people - and we hardly ever talk about it by Rachel Anspach

• Punished Twice: Prisons basically ignore the Americans with Disabilities Act, leaving a third of inmates facing abuse and neglect by Erika Eichelberger

• Locked Down: On Disability and Incarceration by Cheryl Green

• Mother/Activist, Kerima Çevik, Tells Why Police Crisis/Disability Training Is Not The Answer by Leroy Moore

• Making Hard Time Harder: Programmatic Accommodations for Inmates with Disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act by Rachael Seevers

• Having the Option: Alissa Afonina/Sasha Mizaree On Her Case and Being a Disabled Sex Workerby Caty Simon

• How Misunderstanding Disability leads to Police Violence by David M. Perry and Lawrence Carter-Long

• Accountable Reporting on Disability, Race, & Police Violence: A Community Response to the “Ruderman White Paper on the Media Coverage of Use of Force and Disability”

• Locked Down: The Link Between Disability and Incarceration episode by Popaganda Podcast

DESIRABILITY AND SEXUALITY

• Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare. Duke University Press Books; Reissue edition (August 7, 2015)

• The Complicated Dynamics of Disability and Desire by Lachrista Greco

• Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer, Indiana University Press; 1 edition (May 16, 2013)

• Access Intimacy: The Missing Link by Mia Mingus

• You could truly be yourself if you just weren’t you: sexuality, disabled body space, and the (neo)liberal politics of self-help by Matthew Sothern

• Where's the Sex Ed for Disabled Kids? by s.e. Smith

• Disabled and Fighting for a Sex Life by Katharine Quarmby

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Autism Wars - Blog by Mrs. Kermina Çevik

• Disability Justice Collective - Blog

• Disibility Visibility Project - An online project that amplifies stories of disabilities

• FRIDA - Feminist Response in Disability Activism - Blog

• Krip Hop Nation

• Leaving Evidence - Blog by activist Mia Mingus

• Monstering - A magazine for disabled women and non-binary people

• Invisible Disability Project - An educational project focused on “unseen” disabilities

• Sins Invalid - Performance art group that focuses on the stories and experiences of queer, disabled people of color