ABSTRACT
Drawing upon the life and work of S. Kay Toombs, I explore the impact and import of phenomenological accounts of disability for the existentialist tradition. Through the case of multiple sclerosis (MS), a noncongenital, late-onset, and degenerative disability, I show how the general structures that emerge from its lived experience support a mere-difference view of disability and highlight the need for an equitably habitable world. I further argue that phenomenological accounts of disability demonstrate accessibility to be the defining feature of what it means to be embodied as we are. I conclude with a more general discussion of the relationship between disability, embodiment, and existentialism.
