When Disability Rhymes with Negative Bias: A Response to Verpaelst

Abstract

In this commentary on F. Verpaelst’s text “Disability is in the Eye of the Beholder”, I discuss the power of language and image in shaping our constructed view of life with disability. Disability often rhymes with negative bias, rather than empowering personal dignity.

Keywords

• disability
• dignity
• negative bias
• social construction
• view of life