The Supercrip in the Lab

Seeking Disabled Scientists in the History of Science

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ID3204475
AuthorsJessica Martucci (0000-0002-0538-2373, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume39
Pages205-221
Publication date2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueOsiris (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0369-7827 • E-ISSN: 1933-8287
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/730408
OpenAlexW4400032954
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

First coined by disabled people in the 1970s, the term supercrip calls attention to the ways disability is often spun into sentimental narratives consumed as inspirational by the nondisabled. Recent scholars, however, have begun to call attention to the fact that disabled people may not experience supercrip narratives as inherently problematic and they have called for a more careful exploration of the term. This chapter takes up this call by examining the supercrip in the lives of disabled scientists. It argues that throughout much of the twentieth century, disabled scientists embraced supercrip narratives, wielding them as powerful tools for self-advocacy and community building. At the same time, this chapter shows how the supercrip strategy relied upon the persistence of exclusionary and ableist assumptions about meritocracy in American science

Academic integrity and plagiarism · Philosophy

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