Cæsura 2014: (dis)Ability

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Disability is a condition, physical, mental, etc., that limits a being's ability to function. Infirmite, in French, or behinderung in German, one or another is often defined by some infirmity or hindrance. Oedipus was club-footed, Tiresias was a blind seer, and every Achilles has his heel. We tend to focus on what ails us, albeit infinitesimal, for we are constantly in competition for resources. When you ask anyone today about disability, they are quick to bring up Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or Attention Deficit Disorder, sometimes dyslexia, almost always wheelchair accessibility, and so on in an infinite variety of degrees and definitions. This issue of Cæsura is interested in, but not limited to, these and other interpretations of the topic (dis)Ability.