{"id":50,"date":"2022-04-18T01:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2022-04-18T02:22:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T02:22:50","slug":"disability-rights-vs-disability-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/index.php\/disability-justice-primer\/disability-rights-vs-disability-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability Rights vs. Disability Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;The term <strong>\u201cdisability justice\u201d<\/strong> is often used interchangeably with terms such as <strong>\u201cdisability rights\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cdisability inclusion.\u201d Yet it\u2019s important to recognize that \u201cdisability justice\u201d refers to a very specific framework of thinking about disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disability inclusion is a broad term to describe approaches to advance access and inclusion for disabled people. A <strong>disability justice<\/strong> approach centers the priorities and approaches of those most historically excluded groups, such as women, people of color, immigrants, and people who identify as LGBTQ+.&#8221; <br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/disabilityphilanthropy.org\/resource\/what-is-disability-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disability &amp; Philanthropy Forum<\/a> (emphasis added)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Infographic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1.png\" alt=\"Infographic title is \u201cdisability rights versus disability justice.\u201d\nInfographic is blue and gold themed.\nIt is divided into half. The left side reads \u201cdisability rights\u201d and the right side reads \u201cdisability justice\u201d.\nOn the left is an icon of a man in a wheelchair. He is wearing a surgical mask and looking at his phone. There is no background. On the right is an icon of a woman in a wheelchair. The background depicts her in a room with a desk, bookshelf, potted plant, and window. She is looking at a laptop on the desk.\n\nThe text of the infographic is\n \nPurpose of disability rights: Laws to prevent discrimination regardless of disability status. Purpose of disability justice: An intersectional movement working to achieve true equity. \nWho enacts it? Disability rights: Institutions and governments. Disability justice: Disability justice activists, organizers, and cultural workers. \nWho is represented? Disability rights: Primarily white people with mobility impairments. Disability justice: Disabled people of color, queers with disabilities, people with disabilities who are incarcerated, amongst others (Sins Invalid, 2019). \nWhat are the goals? Disability rights: Provide legally required accommodations for people with a defined medical disability. Disability justice: Provide an intersectional framework through which systems of exploitation can be truly dismantled. \nCore objectives. Disability rights: Work within the current system to make reasonable allowances for disabled people. Disability justice: Redesign entire systems to root out ableism, racism, homophobia, capitalism, racism, transmisogyny, police violence, excessive imprisonment, etc. \n\nPrinciples of disability justice: 1. Intersectionality 2. Leadership of Those Most Impacted 3. Anti-Capitalist Politics 4.Cross-Movement Solidarity 5. Recognizing Wholeness 6. Sustainability 7. Commitment to Cross-Disability Solidarity 8. Interdependence 9. Collective Access 10. Collective Liberation (Sins Invalid, 2015). \n\nReferences: \nSins Invalid. (2019). 10 Principles of Disability Justice. Retrieved from https:\/\/code.as.ucsb.edu\/the-10-principles-of-disability-justice\/\nSins Invalid. (2019). Skin, tooth, and bone: The basis of movement is our people: A disability justice primer.\" class=\"wp-image-55\" width=\"600\" height=\"1461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1.png 2400w, https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1-123x300.png 123w, https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1-421x1024.png 421w, https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1-768x1870.png 768w, https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1-631x1536.png 631w, https:\/\/disabilityjustice.madelinewetta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Infographic-1-841x2048.png 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Alt text is embedded. 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