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RESOURCES ON
DISABILITY JUSTICE
10 Principles of Disability Justice
by Patty Berne and Sins Invalid
Disability Justice - A Working Draft
Definition: Disability Justice
Definition crafted based on Disability Activist Collective notes.
Edited 2014
compiled by Project LETS
MISSION
Our mission is to dismantle the systems, pathologies, and narratives that perpetuate the discrimination, exclusion, stigmas, and devaluation of Autistic, Neurodivergent, Chronically-ill, and Disabled people. We do this in pursuit of equity, autonomy, and reclamation of our bodies/minds as whole and valid. We believe in the co-creation of interdependent communities centered in abundance, access, and joy.
VISION
We envision a world where every person is able to fully embrace/express their identity, have their access and support needs met through collective care, and experience genuine belonging, safety, and opportunity.
VALUES
The principles of Disability Justice, established by the Disability Collective in 2005, are the foundational values and beliefs that shape, inform, and guide the work we do every day. We join this movement in full acknowledgement of and eternal gratitude to our Disabled elders and ancestors - known and unknown.
Disability Justice is rooted in the understanding that ableism is inherently tied to racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, and other forms of systemic inequities that play out interpersonally, institutionally, and internally.
These systems impact access, opportunity, and outcomes in health, education, policy, vocation, recreation, relationships, and every interplay between the different spheres of life. Disability can be the result of or be amplified by the impacts of these other forms of systemic inequities on our bodies and minds.
Therefore, the work of disability justice is fundamentally interconnected with the work of food justice, environmental justice, racial justice, economic justice, gender justice, elder justice, youth justice, etc.
CANDOR strives to do work that will grant ourselves and others the breadth of embodiment in pursuit of a Disability justice calling for a radical reimagining of a truly inclusive society that values interdependence, collective care, and the full dignity of every individual.