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When we think about disability, we often focus only on the -dis, and in so doing miss the opportunity to address the deeper philosophical issues surrounding questions of ability that would, if answered, help us better understand what it means to be human. What does it mean to have a human body? What does it mean to offer care? What does it mean to express love? What does it mean to “be able(d)”?

Those are some of the questions that animate tomorrow’s “Dis/Ability: Ableism, Identity, and the Ethics of Ability,” hosted by disability rights advocate Carson Tueller. The program includes the following contributions:

“Disability, Race, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline”
Nirmala Erevelles, University of Alabama

“Disability in the Pandemic Classroom”
Mark Kelley, Florida International University

“Addressing Ableism as a Blindish Latina”
Catarina Rivera, Public Speaker and DEI Consultant

“Disability, Sex, Fetish, and Care”
Robert Andy Coombs, University of Miami

“Redefining What it Means to Have a Human Body”
Carson Tueller, Disability Advocate and Public Speaker

There’s clearly a lot to think about and learn with us tomorrow (Wednesday 16 March) at 4pm EST via Zoom. To join, simply logon to Zoom here: HTTPS://GO.FIU.EDU/ABILITYETHICS

Free and open to all people in all time zones. Automatic closed captioning provided.

Funding for this program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this (publication) (program) (exhibition) (website) do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Cosponsored by Wells Fargo

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