ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book suggests that the relationship between disabled and nondisabled persons was more than a person-to-person, or group-to-group, interaction, and highlights the complexity of relationships, no matter the time or place. The book shows that even the enormous contributions made by critical disability theory –which in turn is heavily informed by critical race, feminist and gender theories wherein contemporary social constructs pertaining to the human form and especially disability are debunked–are not enough. It explores attitudes, stigma and practices are so deeply entrenched in history and societal norms that most people do not recognize their own role in perpetuating oppression through various forms of systemic ableism. It is hoped that nondisabled people can and will ally with disabled members of society to not only develop progressive theories for examining and teaching disability theories but to also work together toward greater societal change.
