Reflect on Parts III and IV and the book in general. What are 1-2 takeaways from the book for you? Perhaps inspired by Piepzna-Samarasinha, what does your dream of disability justice look like?

1 What is Disability Justice?  Read and comment on these readings

Pp. 10-46 in STB (Articulating a Movement and Access Suggestions)

Pp. 124-134 in STB (DJ Timeline)

Mia Mingus, “Changing the Framework”

Margaret Price, “Defining Mental Disability”

2 What is Disability Justice?  Pp. 4-9 in STB

Pp. 47-93 in STB (TW: police violence: Solidarity Statements; Mixed Ability Organizing; Audism & Deafhood) Mia Mingus, “Intersectionality is a Big Fancy Word in My Life”
TW: anti-Black police violence; Whiquitta Tobar, “Elijah McClain and the invisibility of ‘different’ Black and brown boys” Watch: Judith Weisenfeld, “Race, Policing and the Criminalization of Mental Illness Judith Weisenfeld”

3 What is Disability Justice?

Pp. 94-123 in STB (A Call to Action from Survivors of Environmental Injury; Disability Liberated; Our Saucy Selves: Disability Justice and Sexuality)

Mia Mingus, “Forced Intimacy: An Ableist Norm”

Christine Miserandino, “Spoon Theory”

Brianne Benness, “My Disability is Dynamic”

OPTIONAL:

Johanna Hedva, “Sick Woman Theory”

A. Andrews, A. “Sex Accessibility 101: How to Have Hot Sex with or as a Disabled Person”

4 What is (Feminist/Feminist of Color) Disability Studies? Alison Kafer, Introduction to Feminist Queer Crip

Sami Schalk & Jina B. Kim, “Integrating Race, Transforming Feminist Disability Studies”

 

9 Care II Care Work pp. 122-163 (Part II)

In Part II, Leah continues to share her thoughts on care, but also specifically CARE WORK. Why do you think she feels it’s important to name this as WORK? After you answer this question, choose one passage that made you think or feel more deeply about this topic of disability justice and/or care work. Please explain.

10 Care III, IV Care Work pp.164-256 (Part III, IV) *trigger warning for references to suicide

Reflect on Parts III and IV and the book in general. What are 1-2 takeaways from the book for you? Perhaps inspired by Piepzna-Samarasinha, what does your dream of disability justice look like?

You may answer in any way including sharing some of it in list form like Leah does in parts of the book.

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