The Story of Different Minds  ·  Disability Rights and the Social Model

Nothing About Us Without Us

Why disabled people demanded voice in decisions made about them.

No one should be designed around without being heard.

Simple version

Disability rights movements insisted that disabled people must speak for themselves and be involved in policy, services and support.

Why it matters

This challenged professional and charitable models where others spoke over disabled people.

Awareverse lens

Awareverse keeps lived experience central.

Question to ask

When looking at nothing about us without us, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?

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