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Disability as Identity: Although the statistics around the percentage of people in America with a disability are fuzzy and swing between 1 in 4 and 13%, depending upon the definition and method of data gathering, the cultural shift is undeniable: more and more people are claiming disability as part of, or central to, their identities. What social, cultural, or institutional forces might be encouraging more people to frame disability not only as a condition, but as a core part of personal identity?This question isn’t about denying real suffering or accommodation needs. It’s about understanding why identity has become the primary lens; what problem that shift is solving, and what tradeoffs it may introduce.Where is the line between honoring lived experience and turning limitation into identity? Who gets to define that line?

https://time.com/6239563/activism-disability-culture-ada/

https://thecdia.org/more-people-identify-as-having-a-disability-than-we-realize/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD7yW5e5FDQ

https://www.uwlax.edu/disability-resource-center/disability-not-a-bad-word/#tab-323573