The lack of information regarding disabled people’s sexuality and pleasure prompted her to set out to find her own answers on how the disabled community can seek intimacy in their own ways. Throughout the book, her desire for love and intimacy is challenged by a myth enabled by doctors that said disabled people were unable to love and could not be loved. Because of him and other activists disabled people were able to live their lives more independently, a sentiment that was unheard of and dismissed in the 1970s.Īnother example of the battle for disability rights confined to its own bubble is Simi Linton’s experience from her book “ My Body Politics”. Sadly, the battle for disability rights is still confined to those in the disabled community.Ĭurb cuts, which are an important aspect of universal design, were notably advocated for by Ed Roberts, a prominent activist in the disability rights movement. Wouldn’t this realization force people to fight for disability rights? Once they realize that groups of people are ostracized from society, wouldn’t they want to figure out ways to deconstruct and end this misconception and discrimination? People fear the word because they know they will not be treated with respect and dignity. Their understanding of disability focuses on the negative connotations that come with identifying as disabled that include ableist language, inaccessible buildings and the never-ending fight for fair treatment in the workplace and medical field. Susan Wendell makes an important point in “ The Rejected Body” when she talks about how the definition of disability is not created to “include” people but to “exclude” them. Currently, disability is seen by some as a bad word that people are scared to approach.

Wendell the rejected body