Decolonizing Ability, Latinizing Feminist Disability Studies

The objective of this article is to identify the contributions of decolonial feminism to feminist disability studies, emphasizing the implications of considering ability as a colonial category, and the search for theoretical and methodological supports associated to the decolonization of times, spaces and ways of relating to disability. To do so, we briefly contextualize decolonial feminism. We then argue that ability is a colonial category and point to modernity as the genealogy of ableism. We conclude by highlighting elements that corroborate the importance that feminist disability studies dialog with decolonial feminism and the latter with the categories of ability and disability.

Keywords:
ability; feminist disability studies; decolonial feminism