Disability Justice

The future is disabled

Chapter 1: Introduction

Context of Political Climate:

Mention of Trump's presidency creating anxiety and a feeling of survival.

Disco and science fiction are used as coping mechanisms, providing imaginative futures.

Importance of Storytelling in Adversity:

Charlie Jane Anders discusses using storytelling to survive bullying as a queer, disabled youth.

Fiction allows for imagining alternate realities and futures.

Disabled People Activism:

Acknowledges the resilience of disabled communities during Trump's presidency and pandemic.

Specific actions taken:

Mask giveaways, organizing performances, community efforts through social media.

Notable accomplishments like saving Medicaid and passing laws against harmful practices (e.g., banning electroshock therapy on autistic youth).

The hashtag campaigns (e.g., #PowerToLive) and mutual aid efforts showed community resilience.

Disability Justice Futurism:

Emphasizes a vision of the future where disability is not seen through a lens of cure or supercrip but focuses on community and survival strategies.

Disabled people are portrayed as heroes, taking care of each other and teaching others survival skills.

Chapter 2: Giant Disabled Grief

Care Work & Grief:

Discusses the intertwined relationship between caregiving and grief.

Personal losses include friends and family due to illness and COVID-19.

Social Impact of Grief:

Reflects on fears of systemic harm to disabled individuals during the pandemic (e.g., potential for disabled killing camps).