Disability and autobiography: Enabling discourse (original) (raw)

This paper discusses the relationship between disability and autobiography, emphasizing the potential of the genre for self-representation among individuals with disabilities. It explores the tension between the liberatory potential of autobiography and the cultural constraints that often marginalize disabled voices, including the demand for narratives of triumph and recovery. The emergence of autoethnography, which focuses on social models of disability, represents a more inclusive approach to disability narratives.