"Deaf Poets Society: for Writers with Disabilities"

Question

by Corinne Segal
Use the passage to answer the question.

Which detail from the text best supports the idea that people with disabilities lack representation and access?

(1 point)
Responses

“There’s immense pressure to create a three-minute long, easily digestible version of your culture for some literary or poetic scenes.”
“There’s immense pressure to create a three-minute long, easily digestible version of your culture for some literary or poetic scenes.”

“A lot of the time we’re not even there. We don’t show up . . . Not because we’re not around—we definitely are. It’s that a lot of physical spaces don’t acknowledge us.”
“A lot of the time we’re not even there. We don’t show up . . . Not because we’re not around—we definitely are. It’s that a lot of physical spaces don’t acknowledge us.”

“The manifesto for the Deaf Poets Society, published in June, calls disability justice ‘the civil rights movement you’ve never heard of.’”
“The manifesto for the Deaf Poets Society, published in June, calls disability justice ‘the civil rights movement you’ve never heard of.’”

“Not all people who are deaf or have a chronic illness consider themselves disabled . . . the word ‘disabled’ can encompass a wide variety of experiences.”
“Not all people who are deaf or have a chronic illness consider themselves disabled . . . the word ‘disabled’ can encompass a wide variety of experiences.”

Answer 1

The detail that best supports the idea that people with disabilities lack representation and access is:

“A lot of the time we’re not even there. We don’t show up . . . Not because we’re not around—we definitely are. It’s that a lot of physical spaces don’t acknowledge us.”

This statement highlights the absence of people with disabilities in various spaces due to a lack of recognition and accommodations, which directly points to issues of representation and access.