![]() ![]() Society has written deep into each strand of tissue of every living person on earth. “There is no neutral body from which our bodies deviate. We’d like to start off with a quote from Aurora Levins Morales’ book Kindling: It is an invitation to those of us working on disability issues, to continue to support one another to find a language as powerful and expansive as our movement’s vision. It marks a point of departure rather than a destination. ![]() This is a living document that grows and changes along with our emerging movement. What follows is a working draft definition of disability justice. This is done without a significant shift in process or goals, as if adding the word “justice” brings work into alignment with disability justice. In recent years, on websites, on flyers and in informal conversations, we’ve witnessed people add the word “justice” onto everything disability related - from disability services to advocacy to disability studies. Adapted from Patty Berne’s “Disability Justice - A Working Draft” Published in Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People, A Disability Justice Primer, Second Edition. ![]()
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