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1. 1. Disability Theory

   

   This book reconceptualizes disability as a rich theoretical and cultural category rather than merely a medical problem, arguing that disability is both socially constructed and embodied and should be understood as a form of human variation with political, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions. It challenges deficit-based and purely medical models, recommends a minority-group or civil-rights framing, and emphasizes intersectionality, representation, and the importance of accommodation and social transformation. The work calls for disability studies to shape how we think about identity, normalcy, and public institutions, while insisting that art, literature, and cultural critique play central roles in revealing and resisting ableism.

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