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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, sensory, or a combination of multiple factors.

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Disability activism

Disability in society

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Disability

Nodes338
Edges337
Triples533
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005917
Components1

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Disability

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related to Further reading · 194
Disability → Access Denied, Accessible America, African American Women, Albrecht GL, American Eugenic Era, An Introduction, An Overlooked Workforce, An Overview, Anderson, Anglo-American Commodity Cultures, Anti-Discrimination, April, Archived, Arditi, Atherton, Attitudes, August, Barriers, Be Idle, Beacon Press
related to Sources · 73
Disability → Archived, Brooks Cole, CA, Cambridge University Press, Cannella GS, Capitalism, Choosing Agency, Clark MC, Critical Qualitative Research Reader, Department, DePoy, Disability Knowledge, Disability Support Options, Disabled Maori, Disablement, Disaster, Disaster Narrative, Disasters, Donovan, Examine
related to Antiquity · 28
Disability → Aristotle, As, Despite, Disabled, Even Plutarch, For, Greece, Greek, Greeks, He, Hippocratic, Historically, If, In, In Politics, In Republic, Literary, Lycurgus, Mount Taygetus, Parallel Lives
related to Other models · 20
Disability → Alison Kafer, And, Based, Different, Eastern, Echoes, For, Furthermore, In, It, Magnusson's, New Age, One, Perry, Rather, The, This, US Census, Weiner, Within
related to Middle Ages and After · 18
Disability → Adolphe Quetelet, Ambroise Pare, Belgian, Black Death, Britain, Contemporary, During, Foremost, In, Middle Ages, Quetelet, The, The European Enlightenment's, These, They, This, United States, Western European
related to People-first language · 16
Disability → Americans, Care, Cerebral Palsy, Delaware, Disabilities, Disabilities Act, Guide, People-first, Persons, Rights, This, Those, UK, UN Convention, University, Using
related to Disability studies · 15
Disability → As, At, Claire Mullaney, Davis, Irving Zola, Johanna Hedva, Laura Hershey, Lennard, Marta Russell, Notable, Prominent, Robert McRuer, Scholars, The, Tom Shakespeare
related to Societal norms · 13
Disability → Ableist, According, Additionally, Disabled, In, Internalization, Jenny Morris, Media, One, People, Simi Linton, The, These
related to Aging · 12
Disability → According, Aging, Alison Kafer, Crip, Disability Studies, In Feminist, Kafer, Kathleen Woodward, Key Words, Queer, She, To
related to International Classification · 11
Disability → Activity, Functioning, Health, ICF, Impairment, Interpersonal, Learning, Other, The ICF, The International Classification, World Health Organization

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Disabilityis aexperience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society0.90text
Disabilityis acomplex social identity from which we can all gain insight0.90text
Disabilityis aresult of impairments that occur suddenly or chronically during the lifespan0.90text
Disabilityis ahuman rights concern0.90text
Disabilityis aidea that disability is constructed by social expectations and institutions rather than biological differences0.90text
Disabilityis aidea that disability is constructed as the social response to a deviance from the norm0.90text
Disabilityis aimpairment0.90text
shoppinginstance ofor advanced activities of daily living0.80text
food preparationinstance ofor advanced activities of daily living0.80text
drivinginstance ofor advanced activities of daily living0.80text
or workinginstance ofor advanced activities of daily living0.80text
a lack of accessibilityinstance ofis something created by external societal factors0.80text

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