QUOTE : Sometimes disabled people overcome specific moments of ableism—<br />we exceed low expectations, problem-solve lack of access, avoid nursing<br />homes or long-term psych facilities, narrowly escape police brutality<br />and prison. However, I’m not sure that overcoming disability itself is an<br />actual possibility for most of us. Yet in a world that places extraordinary<br />value in cure, the belief that we can defeat or transcend body-mind<br />conditions through individual hard work is convenient. Overcoming is<br />cure’s backup plan.