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11/13/26 - Friday Video Share: "What happened? Disability Beyond the Medical Narrative"

Andrew Pulrang

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What happened? Disability Beyond the Medical Narrative
TEDx Talks - December 9, 2026

This kind of thing is what I think of as well-explained basics. On the one hand, there's little in this TED Talk that would be new to any disabled person who has even a passing familiarity with the "Social Model" of disability. And I suspect that it's familiar enough to a lot of disabled people that they might think the presentation is boring, repetitive, maybe even naive. But this kind of presentation is still necessary. It will probably still be necessary ten or twenty years from now. It might even become more necessary as we work through popular backlash returns to the "Medical Model," or to other approaches to disability that are related to alternative medicine, wellness, and other MAHA-adjacent ideas. That's one reason I still appreciate good, quality examples of basic disability awareness. It might only be a starting point. And it sometimes sounds outdated and inadequate. But there will always be a need to return to the basics.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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