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“Disability justice is inherently and necessarily an anti-­capitalist framework because the common understanding of ‘disability’ is constructed in opposition to what is considered ‘productive’ within a capitalist work-­frame. The variance of the human body and our changing capacities, when respected, flies directly in the face of capitalist expectations. Exploiting the body to eek out every bit of labor is an underpinning of capitalism; respecting our bodies and psyches as complex systems which have both capacities and needs, strengths and vulnerabilities, is an underpinning of disability justice.”

— Patricia Berne (via billierain)