Gatekeeping Disability: Is Disability Defined Too Broadly?

This conversation navigates the difficult subject of how disability is defined, which health conditions qualify as disabilities versus impairments, and criticisms of these broad definitions.

 

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Discussion Summary:

01:10: Taking issue with labeling numerous health conditions as disabilities, and exploring the difference between a disability and an impairment.

09:27: Dissecting the medical definition of disability.

19:13: Criticizing the legal definition of disability.

25:46: Drawbacks to defining disability broadly.

41:50: Outro.

 

Episodes Referenced:

Black Disability History Series

Day 1: Keah Brown

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-1-keah-brown/

Day 2: Eliza Suggs

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-2-eliza-suggs/Day 3: Imani Barbarin

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-3-imani-barbarin/

Day 4: Barbara Jordan

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-4-barbara-jordan/

Day 5: Black American Sign Language and Nakia Smith

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-5-black-american-sign-language-and-nakia-smith/

Day 6: Claudia Gordon

https://isquared.podbean.com/e/black-disability-history-series-day-6-claudia-gordon/

 

Learn More!

Impairments, Activity Limitations, and Participation Restrictions

https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability.html

A Guide to Disability Rights Laws

https://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm