Ability and Disability- The Same Thing?

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Dis/Ability 

I can't help but think about my own personal experiences with dis/ability while working through the readings. Here are a few questions...

1. If my teachers "re-taught" disability in my classes, would I have found myself saying things like: "I'm not stupid, I swear, I am just different"? Would I have thought differently of myself?

2. Shouldn't students with a disabilities have the chance to improve their own skills while also learning new skills - why does this topic have to be so black and white?

3. Why can't "gaps" be filled without it being seen as a disability? Everyone has their weakness?

4. Going on the question above- if its about measuring weakness, how much weakness does a person need to have to be considered disabled and who decids this? This is so backwards.

5. But then the other option is to be positive and focus on what can be done and improving those skills to help the student over come the gaps they have- does this approach really allow the student to over come their gaps? Does the gap really get fixed if it is not directly addressed? So then are we stuck in a deficit point of view?

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