I feel like these search results from @nounproject show really powerfully why we need to a) develop a new iconography of disability and b) stop using disability as a metaphor:pic.twitter.com/roLvFYiJzS
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Exactly! And now that we have the theoretical framework of social model of disability, this renders the use of 'disable' when what is meant is 'inactivate' or 'turn off' really imprecise and inappropriate.
The same is true of disability - but there the very etymology itself seems to be problematic. If the problem is equating non-functionality with disability, then we need a new word for our condition instead.
Yes, it's tough. But certainly not impossible.
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