Nobody would doubt that dementia is debilitating. This constellation of incurable diseases causes people to lose abilities which require concentration and planning. Their personality may change. People may develop depression and confusion. We are all familiar with this dominant representation of dementia, and frightened out of our wits by it. Dementia is a disease, but… Read More from Is dementia a disability?
I was very lucky to be born disabled in 1966, just as the disability rights movement was gaining strength worldwide – I was born into an era of disability activists agitating for recognition that we are human beings like any other, and that we should be treated with respect and dignity. This is a political… Read More from Deepening disability justice: beyond the level playing-field
Impairment seems, on the face of it, a very unpleasant phenomenon, which most people would prefer to avoid. You hear sayings such as “I’d rather be dead than disabled”. Disability, in everyday thought, is associated with failure, with dependency and with not being able to do things. We feel sorry for disabled people, because we… Read More from Do we have to be frightened of disability?
