Queer, crip, rights? Establishing a new identity approach to disability for a post- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities WorldTools Watson, Danielle Abigail Madeline (2024) Queer, crip, rights? Establishing a new identity approach to disability for a post- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities World. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractDisability offers unique challenges concerning human rights conceptualisation and implementation, as persons with disabilities (PWDs) experience barriers and disadvantages in society not felt by their non-disabled peers. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) fills the gaps left by pre-existing general human rights instruments, establishing a structure of disability-centric rights. However, the concept of disability is fluid and lacks a precise definition, making interpreting the Convention difficult. Methods to interpret and understand disability are still open for debate, generating academic discourse through the lens of disability models. These models generally fall under moral, medical, and social headings. Moral models perceive disability as a tragedy, relying on religious understandings of humanity. Medical models utilise pathology to generate a standardised biological classification of the human body, where disability becomes an ailment needing treatment. Social models emphasise disablement through barriers preventing available and equal access to society. Each model focuses on different aspects of the disability experience, and each carries strengths and weaknesses.
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