By Noah Berlatsky — 2014
The supercrip narrative, disability rights groups say, mostly serves to make mainstream audiences feel awesome and inspired, while ignoring the actual difficulties faced by and prejudices directed at the vast majority of disabled people.
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CLEAR ALL
Technology isn’t always the answer.
Have you ever been in a “fight or flight” mode when faced with an unexpected disability-related problem? Maybe you have arrived somewhere only to notice the building is not accessible, so you have to quickly change your plans.
Inclusion of people with disabilities into everyday activities involves practices and policies designed to identify and remove barriers such as physical, communication, and attitudinal, that hamper individuals’ ability to have full participation in society, the same as people without disabilities.