Bridging the Gap Between Intentions and Impact: Understanding Disability Culture to Support Disability Justice

Persistent ableism in higher education, counseling practice, and society necessitates disability justice advocacy.In this article, the author explores the historical context of disability and the importance of disability knowledge for counselors and counselor educators.In addition to discrimination and inaccessibility, able privilege and lack of representation present significant barriers to equity and empowerment of disabled people.Better awareness of disability culture and community-oriented frameworks for the collective liberation of disabled people, such as disability justice, can improve disability equity and allyship within counseling and counselor education.