Especially since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, many people with disabilities & people of color have unapologetically claimed their bodily autonomy. However, our society has also stripped bodily autonomy from our communities through forced sterilizations, guardianship abuse, and abortion bans. So which is it? Do we have bodily autonomy or not? This tutorial examines the stories of 5 Black women who teach us what bodily autonomy really means.
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Additional Resources
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- Principles: Personal Autonomy
- What My Parents Taught Me About Bodily Autonomy
- Empowering Autonomy: Challenging Disability Stigma and Supporting Independent Living
- Black Women Have Never Had Bodily Autonomy | Zerlina
- What is Bodily Autonomy and Integrity?
- Lois Curtis, Whose Lawsuit Secured Disability Rights, Dies at 55
- ‘Sometimes it is racism’: Jada Pinkett Smith on prejudice, typecasting and the fallout from that slap
- Bodily Autonomy and the Right to Privacy: What They Are, How They Affect People with Disabilities, and Why We Need to Protect Them
- Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States
- Disability Solidarity: Completing The ‘Vision For Black Lives’
Watch: How Do You Imagine Black Disabled People During Juneteenth? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swZidWz-a3k
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