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Chapter 9 – Physical Disability: Embodiment and the Self
This chapter examines physical disability as an identity matter, not just a practical one. It distinguishes congenital from acquired disability, explores the social erasure of wheelchair users, critiques the myth of autonomy, and analyses how poverty, race, and gender intersect with disability. It argues that disability reveals the extension of self into tools, the constructedness of social worlds, and the possibilities of identity under radical change.

Paul Falconer & ESA
5 hours ago15 min read
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