Video Interview w/Mia Mingus on Disability Justice

This interview with Mia Mingus, one of the leading articulators of what Disability Justice is about, was done recently in Ottawa, where she gave two talks on 'Beyond Access: An Introduction to Disability Justice.' The outline of the talk consisted of:

a moment for grounding;
the framework of disability justice;
definitions of disability and ableism;
medical and social models of disability;
different approaches: services-, rights- or justice-based;
the centering of disability in various systems of oppression;
how justice goes beyond simply access;
the anchors of disability justice;
the Medical Industrial Complex;
question-and-answer period.

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Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness - December 11, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Icarus Project Tags: Articles Source Type: blogs