ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts covered in the preceding chapters in the book. The book explores injustices of economic maldistribution, cultural misrecognition and political misrepresentation faced by disabled people in the postsocialist region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It suggests that the attempts at righting postsocialist wrongs inflicted upon disabled people need to address simultaneously maldistribution, misrecognition and misrepresentation – rather than target just one of these dimensions of injustice, in isolation from the others. The chapter argues that the impediments to parity of participation encountered by people with impairments concern all oppressed people and not only those usually identified as 'disabled'. It also argues that the disability perspective is essential for understanding and promoting social justice in the context of global capitalism. It provides two examples of such convergence; the first concerns advocacy for the 'right to work', and the second, advocacy for user-led personal assistance.
