People seem to view the word "disability" as having a lot of different meanings. What does it mean to you to have a disability?
not to be able to perform at full capacity compared to an average person
I guess that could mean either physically or mentally, right? Do you think that it makes a person unique in some way?
yes, i think it does
I agree, but a lot of medical institutions feel like those with disabilities need to be "fixed," which is kinda sad in a way.
i guess they used to "institutionalize" but I don't know if they do it  today
or physical disorders, all of which may lead to labeling individuals as disabled.
The discussion over disability's definition arose out of disability activism in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1970s, which challenged how the medical concept of disability dominated perception and discourse about disabilities. Debates about proper terminology and their implied politics continue in disability communities and the academic field of disability studies. In some countries, the law requires that disabilities are documented by a healthcare provider in order to assess qualifications for disability benefits.
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It is not just mentally disabled actors who lose out when non-disabled people are employed to act them. Audiences think they are getting an authentic portrayal of a mentally disabled person, but they're not. It's not like putting on a different accent or learning what it was like to be raised in a different era. You can't understand what it is like to have a mental disability unless you've really lived with it. When non-disabled people try to portray us,