Skin, Tooth, and Bone by Elvia

In the reading "Skin, Tooth and Bone" we are given what disability justice really means. Unlike how  most of the time organizers are calling anything disability justice in the article its defined as the text critical to their work, work and thoughts from disability justice activists, and the images they seek out and wrap themselves in. In other words Bones, Teeth, and Skin.

One of the main things the article tries to get across is that disability justice means getting to the root of disability oppression which is ableism. Ableism is the discrimination in favor of able bodied people which in turn creates this "other" group of people who are deemed less smart or capable. Thus putting able body people at the top of the hierarchy and everyone else at the bottom. This hierarchy is further divided into any one who is deemed dangerous, like people of color or any gender non conforming person. It just shows ability, race, and gender are intertwined when it comes to people being oppressed.

Throughout a portion of the article 10 principles of Disability Justice are discussed. Some things really stuck out to me like collective liberation and recognizing wholeness. In order to have disability justice we must come to understand that people with disabilities are whole people. They are humans no matter how society deems them and they are equally entitled to all their rights. The second thing that we must also take into consideration is that no one should get left behind because people with disabilities are multi racial, multi gendered, and mixed class. This all comes down to helping everyone and organizing together to make sure everyone gets their needs meet. This is something very important because as we've seen in other movements, like womens rights, we see women of color not being heard or excluded. That is why this movement is trying to make sure everyone is heard because they know not one solution or one group of people will benefit from change.

An online article I found in the Huff Post titled "6 Instances of Discrimination People with Disabilities Face Every Day" talks about discrimination of disable people that they face everyday in which us able people may not think about or take for granted. One of the big things that the author Tiffiny, talks about who is also disabled is that just because you are physically disabled people automatically assume you are mental disable. So they'll assume that since you are physically disabled you are not fully equipped to do simple things like buy your own groceries as the author described from personal experience. Another thing I never thought about was transportation specifically with taxis. They discriminate against people in wheelchairs by not picking them up since they just see it as a hassle they don't want to deal with instead of looking at these people as another paying customer that needs transportation. Everyday discrimination exists for people with disabilities and they need to heard and taken seriously.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tiffiny-carlson/discrimination-people-disabilities-_b_4509393.html

What can all of us do to help reduce the discrimination against disabled people in our everyday lives?