Interesting this one. I agree with Kathryn's comments about culture. By my
reckoning, all disabled people have culture but they may not necessarily
have 'the same' culture because we live and make culture every day of our
lives. The disability movement makes a specific kind of culture, while Deaf
(big-D) people make a different kind. In that context, the answer to Joan's
question is 'yes', and they do 'contribute', but it's not (usually) a
question of 'being allowed' (though it might be in relation to Deaf culture
because 'belonging' is conditional). However, the way Joan has asked her
question is understandable because if you look at references to 'disability
culture' in most of the British readers, this seems to be exactly how it's
described - in terms of the arts - and the strong Humanities strand to
disability studies in the U.S. supports this.
Best wishes
Mairian
><< On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:46:07 +0100 "Joan Ferguson"
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Should all disabled people be able to contribute to disability culture
>regardless of skill or talent? >>
>
>...disability culture is not about good or bad...culture is learned behavior
>within a specific society...coping, survival...Unless of course yu are
>talking about the arts...hmmmmm.....Kathryn
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