![]() ![]() Compulsory able-bodiedness and compulsory heterosexuality assume a normalized, naturalized experience of a certain ability or sexulaity. In the introduction to Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (2006), McRuer asserts that “able-bodiedness, even more than heterosexuality, still largely masquerades as a nonidentity, as the natural order of things” (1). ![]() Our physical spaces are designed for nondisabled mobility, our information is disseminated through sound or visuals and assume the ability to hear and see, and everyone is seen as neuronormative unless proven otherwise. Like with heterosexualilty, society assumes and requires all people to look, act, and experience the world according to an nondisabled norm. Adrienne Rich originally coined the term in her essay “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” in 1980 in 2006, disability scholar Robert McRuer adopted the idea of ‘compulsoriness’ in relation to able-bodiedness. In the system of compulsory heterosexuality, straightness is an assumed, mandatory, and learned behavior of all people regardless of their personal sexual orientation. ![]()
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