Disability Justice vs Disability Rights

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While they share goals, these two frameworks differ in their approach and focus.

Disability Rights

• Focus: Legal protections, access (ADA), and inclusion.
• Goal: Equal opportunity within existing systems.
• Strategy: Litigation and policy change.

Disability Justice

• Focus: Intersectionality, collective liberation, and interdependence.
• Goal: Dismantling systems of ableism, white supremacy, and capitalism.
• Strategy: Community care and centering the most marginalized.