The Case for Conserving Disability

Item

Title
The Case for Conserving Disability
ABP identifier
ABP-W-0035
Creator
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Date
2012
Type
Journal article
Description
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. “The Case for Conserving Disability.” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 9, no. 3 (2012): 339–355. Published online July 18, 2012. DOI 10.1007/s11673-012-9380-0.
Intellectual stream
Disability bioethics
Critical / corrective
Boundary expansion
Verification status
Verified
Evidence confidence
High
Historical significance
The article develops a counter-eugenic argument for understanding disability as a generative human and social resource rather than an unequivocal deficit, bringing disability-studies analysis directly into bioethical debate.
Source
https://english.emory.edu/people/bios/garland-thomson-rosemarie.html
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9380-0