Citations:disabilitude


 * 2004, George Henderson and Willie V. Bryan, Psychosocial Aspects of Disability (3rd ed.; Charles C Thomas Publisher; ISBN 0398074860, 0398074879), part V: “Issues and Conclusions”, § 16: ‘Final Thoughts’, page 333
 * Disability-oriented organizations mainly are searching for disabilitude, a term the authors use to designate positive self-identity. Oppressive persons have forced individuals with disabilities to ask themselves, “Who am I?” Gradually, the shame of a once-scorned, barbaric, degrading history is giving way to recognizing the many fine contributions made by all individuals. In America this has become a literary and social action movement. Thus, disabilitude is the antithesis of the systematic negation of the disability experience.