ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on disability and technology in their book The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation, D. Z. Fleischer and F. Zames detail an incident when elevator use was at odds with one influential figure’s vision. The term ‘rainclamation’ is a portmanteau of rain and reclamation. It is also the name of an art installation completed with friend Sarah Gompper at our undergraduate institution, Davidson College, located in the United States of America in North Carolina. The artistic concept was extremely collaborative, and since our communication styles lent themselves to freestyle brainstorming, the major themes of the project came together quite quickly in a late-night conversation. The boards are mounted at a low height on the walls, which was also a stylistic choice. A. Harnish argues that ableism was core to the structure behind Trump’s victory, as well as a part of his rhetoric.
