Editing Disability (section)

==== Self-advocacy ====
Some disabled people have attempted to resist [[marginalization]] through the use of the social model in opposition to the medical model; with the aim of shifting criticism away from their bodies and impairments and towards the social institutions that oppress them relative to their abled peers. Disability activism that demands many grievances be addressed, such as lack of [[accessibility]], poor representation in media, general disrespect, and [[ignorance|lack of recognition]], originates from a social model framework.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Owens |first1=Janine |title=Exploring the critiques of the social model of disability: the transformative possibility of Arendt's notion of power |journal=Sociology of Health & Illness |date=March 2015 |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=385–403 |doi=10.1111/1467-9566.12199 |pmid=25524639 }}</ref>

The creation of "disability culture" stemmed from the shared experience of stigmatization in broader society.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Steven E. |date=Spring 2002 |title=What Is Disability Culture? |url=https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/343/434 |journal=Disability Studies Quarterly |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=34–50|doi=10.18061/dsq.v22i2.343 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Embracing disability as a positive identity by becoming involved in disabled communities and participating in disability culture can be an effective way to combat internalized prejudice; and can challenge dominant narratives about disability.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Reeve|first=Donna|date=2002|title=Negotiating Psycho-Emotional Dimensions of Disability and their Influence on Identity Constructions|url=http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/69654/1/ReeveArticle2002.pdf|journal=Disability & Society|volume=17|issue=5|doi=10.1080/09687590220148487|access-date=April 19, 2016|pages=493–508|s2cid=17324956|archive-date=April 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428003831/http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/69654/1/ReeveArticle2002.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>