The Disability Frame: Opportunities, Costs, and Constraints in the Broad Stuggle for Inclusion
The Disability Frame: Opportunities, Costs, and Constraints in the Broad Stuggle for Inclusion
The University of Pennsylvania Law Review partnered with Professor Jasmine Harris and Professor Karen Tani to present a symposium entitled "The Disability Frame: Opportunities, Costs, and Constraints in the Broad Struggle for Inclusion" February 18-19, 2022 on Zoom.
At the heart of this syposium is the legal concept of disability. This concept has now been enlisted to address a surprising array of problems: not only disability-based discrimination and exclusion, but also the risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools, the subordination of transgender individuals, the casualties of modern capitalism, and the remediation of poverty and environmental harmss, to name just a handful of examples. And yet, there has been scant acknowledgment or discussion of the choice to enlist disability in these myriad ways. This sumposium seeks to initiate much-needed conversation. This symposium also acknowledges that disability is not only a legal concept, but also a social construct, a lived reality, and for many individuals, a chosen identity. It is time for scholars, policymakers, activists, and present and future lawyers to grapple with the complexity of "the disability frame" and think collectively about its implications.
The University of Pennsylvania Law Review partnered with Professor Jasmine Harris and Professor Karen Tani to present a symposium entitled "The Disability Frame: Opportunities, Costs, and Constraints in the Broad Struggle for Inclusion" February 18-19, 2022 on Zoom.
At the heart of this syposium is the legal concept of disability. This concept has now been enlisted to address a surprising array of problems: not only disability-based discrimination and exclusion, but also the risk of COVID-19 transmission in schools, the subordination of transgender individuals, the casualties of modern capitalism, and the remediation of poverty and environmental harmss, to name just a handful of examples. And yet, there has been scant acknowledgment or discussion of the choice to enlist disability in these myriad ways. This sumposium seeks to initiate much-needed conversation. This symposium also acknowledges that disability is not only a legal concept, but also a social construct, a lived reality, and for many individuals, a chosen identity. It is time for scholars, policymakers, activists, and present and future lawyers to grapple with the complexity of "the disability frame" and think collectively about its implications.