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Podcast: New Books in Disability Studies
Episode: Elizabeth Barnes, âThe Minority Body: A Theory of Disabilityâ (Oxford UP, 2016)
Description: We are all familiar with the idea that some persons are disabled. But what is disability? What makes it such that a conditionâphysical, cognitive, psychologicalâis a disability, rather than, say, a disease or illness? Is disability always and intrinsically bad? Are disabilities things to be cured? Might disabilities be merely ways of being different? And what role should the testimony and experiences of disabled persons play in addressing these questions? In The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability (Oxford University Press, 2016) Elizabeth Barnes argues that, at least for a range of physical conditions characterized as disab...