I am more than just my label

Through the creation of safe spaces in which to explore and challenge dominant negative views of disabled children and young people, this co-written paper presents unique insight into the meaning and impact upon disabled young people's lives of medical lenses and deficit models of disability. Bodies of work and dominant debates in medical sociology, disability studies and childhood studies have so far largely overlooked the experiences and positioning of disabled children and young people and have rarely involved them in the development or discussion of theory. Drawing on empirical data, and through a series of creative, reflective workshops with a UK-based disabled young researchers' collective (RIP:STARS), this paper discusses areas of theoretical importance identified by the disabled young researcher collective-the validation of their lives, negotiation of their identity and acceptance in society. The implications, and possibilities, of platforming disabled children and young people's voices in theoretical debates are deliberated and are achieved through the yielding of privileged academic voice and the development of a symbiotic, genuine partnership which resonates with disabled young people and recognises them as experts in their own lives

Ableism · Aesthetics · Childhood studies · Developmental psychology · Disability studies · Early childhood · General partnership · Identity (music · Intellectual disability · Learning disability · Meaning (existential · Negotiation · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Social model of disability · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Disability Rights and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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