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Sociology

The Social Construction of Disability and the Politics of Accessibility

Quick fact

Physical disabilities are often less disabling than the world we build around them: a wheelchair user is disabled by a stairway, not by their body; the civil rights model of disability led to legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Act, which mandates accessibility as a civil right.

Why this is interesting

Imagine a world where a step is the enemy. Why do we blame the person in the wheelchair instead of the step?