Abstract
<p>Why is disability research important? When asked this question I tend to respond by revising it in my head (if not out loud). Why is disability research so<em> </em>important? Why is any<em> </em>research important? I might go on in this vein but my point is that disability research has the potential to improve understandings of the most fundamental aspect of the human condition —namely, the diversity of minds and bodies. Whatever our history, geography, class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and/or religion, we have, have had, and/or will have<em> </em>a profoundly intimate relationship with disability. It is, after all, via the very diversity of minds and bodies that we are ultimately unified.</p>
Highlights
Disability, for me, has a uniquely universal importance
The universal importance of disability has become evident in the cultural artefacts on which many lessons, courses, projects, and critical works are based
The universal importance of disability is becoming increasingly recognised on courses around the world
Summary
Disability, for me, has a uniquely universal importance. There are many ‘marked bodies’ in culture, owing to widespread prejudicial attitudes about gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and so on, but what makes disability distinct is its ‘unambiguous ability to impact every other identity category at any time’ (1). The universal importance of disability has become evident in the cultural artefacts on which many lessons, courses, projects, and critical works are based. The universal importance of disability is becoming increasingly recognised on courses around the world.
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