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  • loaded language: 'profoundly racially coded'
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  • loaded language: 'devastating, long-term consequences'
  • loaded language: 'mass disabling'
  • framing: headline asserting a conclusion
  • framing: selective emphasis on racial aspects of disability history

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Historical Perspectives on Disability and American Citizenship

Sari Altschuler's book "Before Disability" explores the historical relationship between disability and American citizenship, tracing its roots back to the American Revolution. The discussion highlights the racialized perceptions of disability, the exclusion of Indigenous and Black disabled individuals from early advocacy, and the unique support afforded to disabled veterans. Altschuler emphasizes the need to understand this complex history to inform contemporary disability rights movements.

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Sari Altschuler's book "Before Disability" explores the historical relationship between disability and American citizenship, tracing its roots back to the American Revolution. The discussion highlights the racialized perceptions of disability, the exclusion of Indigenous and Black disabled individuals from early advocacy, and the unique support afforded to disabled veterans. Altschuler emphasizes the need to understand this complex history to inform contemporary disability rights movements.

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  • ✕ loaded language: 'unprecedented level of inclusion'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'profoundly racially coded'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'infamous case'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'bunk'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'devastating, long-term consequences'
  • ✕ loaded language: 'mass disabling'
  • ✕ framing: headline asserting a conclusion
  • ✕ framing: selective emphasis on racial aspects of disability history
  • ✕ editorializing: What’s interesting is that even at the time, people knew the numbers were bunk.
  • ✕ editorializing: What I want to underscore is that the increasingly biologized linking of race and disability was not inevitable.

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How Disability Shaped American Citizenship

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Historical Perspectives on Disability and American Citizenship