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Gender -everything is relevant -neutral -neither -links for sources work -good references -up to date, last edited today -there are binary concerns and requests to edit various parts -it is a level 3 vital article and a delisted good article and is an interest in many Wikiprojects -the article touches upon several aspects of gender we have discussed in class and not only limiting itself to just male and female -question: What is the difference between gender equity and gender equality?

Disability studies is trying to give more of a universal view when it comes to its medical humanities. These help us and many others understand what it is like to be human and embody relationships beyond the disabilities we may encounter. Even though one person may have a disability, that disability touches many as a whole. People with these disabilities may appear as "sick" or having a "sickness" to many, whereas at the end of the day we have to remember that everyone has they own imperfections that help them make a person who they are. When it comes from a medical standpoint, many people tend to receive plastic surgery to simply rid of the imperfections one may think he or she has. These surgical bodies are now seen as normal in todays' society. This idea is ever changing even though disabled bodies may still appear as flawed to some.

When it comes to disability studies from a medical standpoint, we have to ask ourselves how does one "classify” what is a disease. A disability does not only focus on the body, it focuses on social aspects. It is not something that that someone has, but it is something one goes through when encountering others or other spaces that cannot be accessed. This is very different when it comes to the idea of disease. A disease is almost always focused on the idea of “the body itself”. To further distinguish these two terms, there are five key agents to understand; time and duration, agent, discourse, goal, and representation. These ideas are the “matrix” because they do not work without consulting with others.Herndl When dealing with disabilities, most of the time, a lot of the restrictions people have to tackle with are from a social standpoint. These social aspects are; "prejudice and discrimination inaccessibility and lack of accommodations”.Herndl It is also said that we must then “challenge” the fact that disability is a “medical category” all in itself”.Herndl The idea of medical humanities within disabilities came about to enhance the education of physicians and how it disrupts the idea of science. Even though this idea focuses mostly on physicians, medical humanities is overall trying to “improve the status quo”.Herndl It is also important to remember that we do not exclude disabilities as a group by referring to them as “them”.Herndl People with disabilities should be “us” to get rid of the barriers that already separates them from the rest of the world. All in all, it is important that we consider the aspects of medical humanities within disabilities to instruct physicians how to hear what patients have to say, to strengthen physicians’ awareness, the ability to hone in on their weaknesses, and to tell physicians to wonder about critical and empathetic concerns in science. In doing all of these aspects, a more positive and worthy treatment can be awarded to those in need.

Herndl, Diane (2005). "Disease versus Disability: The Medical Humanities and Disability Studies." PMLA, vol. 120, no. 2, p. 593-598. Paigehutner (talk) 16:14, 5 February 2018 (UTC)