Beyond disability as an identity: the affirmation of difference based on singular ways of being

Abstract

This article proposes to undo the forms of hierarchization of the different ways of existing in the world, restoring the ontological dignity of beings that move away from a majority standard that has asserted itself as a model of normality. From there, it would be necessary to undo the criteria that constitute disability as an impediment that can obstruct participation in society, since what really obstructs is taking different ways of life as a desirable standard. In this way, we intend to discuss identity claims and the danger that they are formed from the point of view of normality. By problematizing the concept of difference, we will see how it is possible to dismantle the reproductive schemes that consolidate the nuances of abnormality based on criteria that define normal and efficient. In this way, we aim to unveil new ways of experiencing reality, feeling the body, affirming difference and resisting forms of subjection, in the anti-productive fruition of desire that disrupts the organizational plan of societies and their forms of reproduction: the normal and the standard.