Kenny friez is a disabled, gay jewish man who has written deeply about discrimination against the differently abled. He says we're stuck in this dialectic of disability and what i call non disability. Most people call able bodied, but i don't use that tur non disable e used on abled. When im ian a group of people, it depends on what the disabilities are. Sometimes i'm more able to move chairs than they are. But when i'm in a group ofPeople that or non disabled, they could move chairs more easily than i am. It's really the context that defines what disability is. We get it wrong because we cut off the last
Alison Bechdel. Eileen Myles. Kenny Fries. Saeed Jones. Four icons reflect on their journeys in this special Pride episode of Design Matters. For more episodes of Design Matters, find the podcast wherever you're listening to this.