Diagnosing Different: Able Bodied Identity Formation Using Disability

18/04/2017

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Episode Synopsis

The following is a presentation I gave for a class on the identity formation of able-bodied people in contrast to representation of disabled bodies. The thesis is that able bodied people use two methods to distance themselves from the disabled identity: ableist language as distancing language and the social commodification of disabled bodies. This is […]

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