LibGuides: Cripping Technology: Disability Justice

What is disability justice?

Disability justice is a social justice movement which focuses on examining disability and ableism as they relate to other forms of oppression and identity such as race, class and gender.

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha – Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice?

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha – Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice?
The Disability and Intersectionality Summit 2018 National conference (DIS2018) took place on Saturday October 13th at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA.

This is Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author reading and discussion of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

The filming, captioning, video edits and production of all the presentations for DIS 2018 was made possible by MIT Video Productions. We would like to thank MIT Audio Visual Services, MIT Campus Activities Complex, MIT Disability ERG, and MIT Human Resources for their support, coordination, and sponsorship of DIS2018.

An Introduction to Race, Gender, and Disability: Intersectionality, Disability Studies, and Families of Color

An Introduction to Race, Gender, and Disability: Intersectionality, Disability Studies, and Families of Color

Intersectional Disability

Keri Gray, founder and CEO of the Keri Gray Group, advises young professionals, businesses, and organizations on issues around disability, race, gender, and intersectionality. Keri illustrates how the framework of intersectionality is essential to true inclusion. “The reality is, is that you have people like myself, who are black, disabled, and women, and so many other things. And when you live at the intersections of all three of those, then you can’t split your political and social dynamics between these different groups. It doesn’t produce real results of freedom and it doesn’t produce real results of access to employment and other opportunities that you’re looking for.” Multiply marginalized people with disabilities experience increased systemic discrimination. By centering those most marginalized and taking an intersectional approach to organizing, we have the opportunity to reimagine existing structures and systems—and create a world that works for and elevates everyone.