Why not move away from the "dis" bit and focus on "ability"
- perhaps "ability studies".
shiraz
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Sorry to trouble the list, but I'm trying to find a
possibly non-existent
word for a friend. Can anyone help? This is the query:
If analysis for gender issues in child-lit is feminist
theory, what would
you call analysis for disability issues? Disablist has the
same condemnatory
tone as sexist, but I can't think of an alternative.
"Disability theory"
seems somehow too limited, with almost medical overtones,
and doesn't really
describe the more social aspects of disability that I'd
like to suggest.
Disableism might do, but are there any better ideas?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Jane
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Jane V.S. Wickenden
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