Summary Of Mia Mingus Changing The Framework: Disability Justice

Topic: Mia Mingus in her article “Changing the Framework: Disability Justice, How our communities can move beyond access to wholeness” advocates how the issue with society in regards to the treatment of the disabled community is not just about access, but also about understandment. She calls for her audience to question the stigma of disability and move to an integrated society. A society united with interdependence within various communities to be part of a collective disability justice movement.

Argument: Mingus’ argument in her article is that the disabled community is often very misunderstood by the abled body community who do not face the same oppression and challenges. Often the disabled community is seen through the medical model of