This workshop explores the relationship between the political and medical dimensions of disability. While scholars are tending towards understanding disability as both a political and medical phenomenon, questions remain about what exactly the relationship should be between these elements of disability. What role, if any, should medical experts play in defining disability? What is the relationship between disability and impairment? When is it permissible to select for disability? How does thinking about the intersection of disability with other marginalized identities impact our understanding of disability? This workshop will bring together scholars in philosophy and bioethics to explore these and related questions.

Organized by Sara Purinton, postdoctoral research associate, moral theory.

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Speakers

• Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University)
• Adam Cureton (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
• Julie Maybee (Lehman College)
• Audrey Yap (University of Victoria)
• Tom Shakespeare (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
•  Sara Purinton (Princeton's University Center for Human Values)

Lead Discussants

• Maya Sabatello (Columbia University)
• Desiree Valentine (Marquette University)
• Joel Reynolds (Georgetown University)
• Ally Peabody Smith (Lehigh University)
• Jessica Begon (Durham University)

Schedule

9-9:30 a.m. - Breakfast 

9:30-10:30 a.m. - Talk 
Presenter: Tom Shakespeare (virtual via Zoom)
Lead discussant: Jessica Begon (virtual via Zoom)

10:30 - 11 a.m. - Break 

11 a.m.-12 p.m. - Talk
Presenter: Teresa Blankmeyer Burke 
Lead discussant: Maya Sabatello

12-1:30 p.m. - Lunch 

1:30-2:30 p.m. - Talk
Presenter: Audrey Yap (virtual via Zoom) & Sara Purinton
Lead discussant: Joel Reynolds

2:30-3 p.m. - Break

3-4 p.m. - Talk
Presenter: Julie Maybee
Lead discussant: Desiree Valentine 

4-4:15 p.m. - Break 

4:15-5:15 p.m. - Talk
Presenter: Adam Cureton
Lead discussant: Ally Peabody Smith