Disability Justice emerged in the mid-2000s from Queer, Trans, Black, Brown, and Immigrant Disabled activists who saw the limits of the mainstream disability rights movement. Leaders like Patty Berne, Mia Mingus, Stacey Milbern, Leroy Moore, and others called for a framework that not only demanded access, but also acknowledged how other identities, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, and immigration status shape Disabled people’s lives. Disability Justice insists that true liberation requires dismantling ableism alongside racism, capitalism, colonialism, and other systems of oppression.