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‘It’s Physical, Not Intellectual’: The Ethics of Correcting Assumptions About Disability

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‘It’s Physical, Not Intellectual’: The Ethics of Correcting Assumptions About Disability
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Graduate Highly Commended paper in the 2026 National Uehiro Oxford Essay Prize in Practical Ethics. By James Forsdyke. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2446-4586 In this paper, I will discuss ethical considerations when it comes to correcting assumptions about people with physical disabilities. In particular, I will discuss the assumption some individuals make that physical disabilities are necessarily accompanied by cognitive or intellectual ones. People with ph

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