How do you understand clare criticism of typical rhetoric

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Case Study: In Brilliant Imperfection, Eli Clare, quoting actor Christopher Reeve, writes "[Reeve's] claims that 'the most disabling thing about being disabled is a feeling of hopelessness.' He means despair about his ongoing paralysis, not the ableist violence, isolation, poverty, and lack of education and employment faced by many disabled people"

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How do you understand Clare's criticism of the typical rhetoric/narratives around disability? In other words, if not "hopelessness," what does Clare actually think is the most "disabling" thing about disability?

How might "declaring disability a matter of social justice" (12-13) help us to approach a more ethical version of care (as opposed to "cure")?

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