weaponized accessibility

A term coined by disability activist Erin Michelle Kay, host of the podcast Claiming Disability.

The term refers to when an entity such as a business or city employs accessibility that isn’t accessible, whether for performative purposes, due to lack of understanding, or not working with an accessibility consultant.

Kay defined weaponized disability as:

It benefits no one.
It doesn’t benefit people using strollers.
It doesn’t benefit disabled people.
It doesn’t benefit bicyclists.
It’s a performative piece of Accessibility that isn’t actually accessible.

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