ABSTRACT
Cultures, paradigms and discourses of political regimes can disable, enable and empower people. If regimes are ableists, they do so according to their needs. Ableism is an unquestionable attribute of power. Power reflects ableism. This chapter reveals the inter-twisted nature of ableism and power that disabled people in Hungary must face and challenge. But are they ready to challenge the power they experience? We imply answers to the question via disabled people's narratives on power during the Soviet and the post-Soviet era. The chapter illustrates the relationship between ableism and special education, and that special education tends to eat up disability studies. The chapter challenges the current concepts and practices of special, mainstream and inclusive education through disability-related narratives. Through colonial past and present paradigms and practices, the chapter depicts a disabled branch of disability studies.
