Jade T. Perry posted about how "people who are socialized to think they are able bodied” is MUCH more precise language than “able-bodied” based on how many “able bodied” people with chronic pain and chronic illness(es) actually need accommodations but do not ask for them because they have not yet reconciled they are not able-bodied, as she encouraged us to journal and work through this unpacking for our collective liberation. That Facebook post informs this course, as does earlier facilitation of my previously led Sustainable Resistance for BIPOC Folx workshops, through which, I witnessed participants' engagement with readings from writers like Mia Mingus in community with others surviving white supremacy. Given my transition from an educator role in the academic-industrial complex to facilitating free community-based arts programming for BIPOC communities since 2020, I understand the value of accessible concepts that engage and illuminate the human experience. As a social worker with a circuitous journey to accepting that I am disabled despite supporting disabled university students for years, I worry about how BIPOC communities could benefit from a more thorough understanding of the need for disability justice, which inspires my course idea, which would invite BIPOC participants to percolate on their experience of (dis)ability. 

Each week, Disability Justice principles will be reviewed and discussed, and participants will be invited to reflect and write about their learning. Topics of discussion each week will be centered around the 10 Disability Justice Principles developed by Sins Invalid.