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Differences as potentials: A posthuman re-envisioning of disability and mobility.

Barbara E Gibson¹, Carla Rice², Brenda M Gladstone¹

¹University of Toronto, Canada.

Health (London, England : 1997)

|March 25, 2025

Summary

This study reframes disability as creative potential, not deficit. By exploring movement and mobility, it challenges traditional views to foster acceptance and radical change for disabled individuals.

Keywords:

choreography disability ethics mobility movement posthumanism qualitative youth

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Area of Science:

Disability Studies
Posthumanism
Mobility Studies

Background:

Traditional views of disability focus on deficits and barriers.
Existing approaches often aim to normalize disabled individuals, erasing differences.
A posthuman perspective offers a new lens to understand disability and movement.

Purpose of the Study:

To challenge deficit-based thinking about disability.
To re-envision disability and movement as potentials and creative forces.
To explore how mobility can be used to rethink disability.

Main Methods:

Utilized a posthuman onto-epistemological framework.
Conducted a study with five youth partners who identified as disabled.
Developed three 'mobility experiments' to analyze creative mobilities.

Main Results:

Movement and mobility are presented as co-produced choreographies of disabled bodies.
Creative mobilities function as micro-activist becomings.
These experiments suggest ways to celebrate differences and instigate change.

Conclusions:

Advocates for an affirmative approach to disability, viewing differences as potentials.
Highlights the implications of posthuman disability ethics for healthcare and beyond.
Encourages rethinking and acting differently regarding disability and movement.