Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

This chapter will focus on disability as an identity category: who gets to claim it, who gets to refuse it, and who has it thrust on them against their will. It will also talk about the power that comes from claiming disability identities and being in community with disabled people. This chapter will not discuss nondisabled as an identity category, nor will it discuss caregiver identities. With that basic understanding, we can work to move conversations about disability in libraries beyond the minimal expectations of inclusion and to a more joyous celebration of disabled people as full participants in library work and beyond.

Department

Library Services

ISBN

9798892553728

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https://alastore.ala.org/navigating-disability-academic-library-workplace

Recommended Citation

Schomberg, J. (2025). Disability as identity. In P. Martin & S. Peter (Eds.), Navigating disability in the academic library workplace (pp. 1-15). ACRL.