Cripping the new normal: Making disability count

This article also addresses questions of demographics and futurity that we have encountered in our work. The number of disabled citizens, currently estimated at almost 20% of the USA population, is predicted to increase significantly over the next decade, both as an expanding portion of the population and a growing absolute number. Given the inevitable increase in disability across the life cycle, we highlight that what some disability scholars/activists call “accessible futures” will remain under constant negotiation. At the same time, the initiatives of people with disabilities and their supporters are changing the face of both public and private culture, and most importantly, the shape of future imaginaries in which disability is understood as a central aspect of the human condition. We conclude by asking how disability publics played a role in the 2016 American Presidential election.

Source: ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research - July 16, 2017 Category: Disability Source Type: research