Disability justice centers queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, Person/People of Color (QTBIPOC) and what they need, how they live, and how they organize justice for themselves. Piepzna-Samarasinha’s book is a collection of essays about the politics and realities of the disability justice movement. “‘Disability Justice’ is a term coined by the Black, brown, queer, and trans members of the original Disability Justice Collective, founded in 2005 by Patty Berne, Mia Mingus, Leroy Moore, Eli Care, and Sebastian Margaret” (p.
(2) This study guide is of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s book, where she uses terms that some consider outdated such as ‘able-bodied’ and ‘disabled people.’ This study guide uses the words Piepzna-Samarasinha uses but acknowledges that there are alternatives to these words, which you can read about here. If this study guide is at any point too much, please take the space you need to take care of yourself. If this book makes one thing clear, it is that you must take care of your mind and body.
This study guide was written by Tereza Lopez and edited by Gari De Ramos and August Devore Wellesĭisclaimers (1) The subject matter in this book covers various triggers that include sexual abuse, physical abuse, and suicidality.
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