Steven Brown, in an academic study, wrote, "The existence of a disability culture is a relatively new and contested idea.
Like many civil rights movements in the past, disability culture challenges the norms of society, and seeks to counter oppressive entities such as medicalization and institutionalization.
[4] "The elements of our culture include, certainly, our longstanding social oppression, but also our emerging art and humor, our piecing together of our history, our evolving language and symbols, our remarkably unified world view, beliefs and values, and our strategies for surviving and thriving."
Naming oneself part of a larger group, a social movement or a subject position in modernity can help to focus energy, and to understand that solidarity can be found – precariously, in improvisation, always on the verge of collapse."
- Petra Kuppers[5] "Disability Culture is the contributions, perspectives and art that comes from our different minds and bodies.