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I have seen it used in fancy journals so many different ways by people who have no idea anyone else has ever used it. That alone deters me. I won't touch any of the “cute” terms from disABILITY, DIS/ability, dis/ABILITY, able disabled, differently abled, TAB, challenged, differently challenged, etc.. Too many disability groups, like independent living centers, use them. I find them theoretically incorrect or vacuous, paternalistic, insulting to my intelligence, identity, and politics. And I like real cute! Devva Kasnitz, PhD Spring 2018 -- Kate Welling Distinguished Scholar in Disability Studies, Miami University, Oxford, OH Adj Professor, City University of New York—School of Professional Studies—Disability Studies Executive Director, Society for Disability Studies, PO BOX 5570, Eureka CA 95502 Telecommunications Access for the Deaf and Disabled Administrative Committee, CA 1614 D Street Eureka, CA 95501-2345 Text and Voicemail: (510) 206-5767 Skype: devva.kasnitz Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] If you don’t know me, I prefer email, Skype with IM, or text as I do have a significant speech impairment. NOW IN PAPERBACK! Occupying Disability: Critical Approaches to Community, Justice, and Decolonizing Disability Editors: Block, P., Kasnitz, D., Nishida, A., Pollard, N. <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789401799836> http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789401799836 From: The Disability-Research Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Simi Linton Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 12:37 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [DISABILITY-RESEARCH] dis/ability I dislike it enormously!! It reinscribes the notion of "ability" and posits that ability and disability are opposites. Simi Linton Disability/Arts Consultancy <http://www.similinton.com/> http://www.similinton.com/ “Remember George, this is no time to go wobbly.” On Monday, April 23, 2018, 12:15:40 PM EDT, m.hersh <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > wrote: Has anyone come across the term dis/ability? If so, what do you think of it? I would be gratefuly for a speedy response. I will send my perspective afterwards, so as not to bias responses. Thanks Marion <http://www.gla.ac.uk/feeds/img/UofGscottishuniversityoftheyear2018.png> ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies> ). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies> ). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html <http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.