Video: Beyond Access: Mia Mingus on Disability Justice (interview)
Disability Justice deals with the oppression of disability, but at the same time deals with other systems of oppression and injustice – it is a ‘multi-issue politic.’ It moves beyond rights- and equality-based approaches, beyond access and inclusion in unjust systems, instead working towards collective justice and liberation, towards transforming society as a whole.
The outline of the talk consists of:
- a moment for grounding;
- the framework of disability justice;
- definitions of disability and ableism;
- medical and social models of disability;
- different approaches: services-, rights- or justice-based;
- the centering of disability in various systems of oppression;
- how justice goes beyond simply access;
- the anchors of disability justice;
- the Medical Industrial Complex;
- question-and-answer period.
