Cripple
Ronan Miyata is a cripple. We should incite a riot to overthrow the government.
-Ronan Miyata
Reappropriation
In the same way that the term "queer" has been reappropriated by the gay rights movement, members of the disability rights movement have reclaimed words such as "cripple", "crip", and "gimp" to refer to themselves.[1][2] The cripple tribunal in Dortmund on 13 December 1981 was one of the main protest actions of the autonomous German disability movement (in confrontation with the established disability assistance) against human rights abuses in nursing homes and psychiatric hospitals, as well as against deficiencies of local public transport. Analogous to the Russell Tribunal by Amnesty International, the cripple tribunal has denounced human rights violations of disabled people.[3]
Other usages
- The Crips street gang were so named when members started carrying a cane which gave the impression they were disabled.[4]
- A cripple is a trimmer stud or joist which is shorter than full-length.[5]
- A cripple is a goods wagon or a passenger coach which although safe to run on the railway, is not fit for use and requires a repair before it can be used in service. This could be a coal wagon with a hole in the floor (which would allow coal to fall out of the wagon), or a passenger coach with a broken window.[6]
References
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
RichardsonPowell2011was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Susan Baglieri; Arthur H. Shapiro (2012). Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom: Critical Practices for Creating Least Restrictive Attitudes. Routledge. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-0-415-99372-2. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ cripple tribunal on disabilityworld.org Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2012-01-21
- ^ ""Crip" Gang Knowledge". www.corrections.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "Anatomy of a Stud-Framed Wall". FineHomeBuilding. 2001-03-15. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
- ^ "Glossary and Terminology". www.railway-technical.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
