The Social Model of Disability

Helen Keller was one of the first deaf blind people in Western society to be given the chance to learn to read and write. Her legacy as a disability rights icon is a lot more popular in abled society than in disability justice communities who are critical not only of what gets called inspiration porn, but also of assimilationist politics More broadly. We're going to talk about all that. And we're going to start with another woman whose name is Laura Dewey Bridgman.