Invisible Man: Interrogating Race, Gender, and Disability in the Urban Context

• In Event: DisCrit: Mapping and Excavating the Intersections of Race and Dis/Ability

Abstract

This paper illustrates the technical affordance of case study methodology to investigate the lived experiences of an urban, African-American male with cerebral palsy. Disability Critical Race Theory is used as a theoretical framework to empower the analysis of the intersecting attributes of race and disability. The analyses of these intersecting attributes are often undetected in other research approaches because the participants comprise a minute segment of the African-American population. The case study examines the ways in which an African-American male with cerebral palsy constructed counter-narratives as a tool for challenging the dominant discourse which marginalized and silenced his personal experiences.

Author

• Joy Banks, Howard University