Mmm, I think that word is "disabled." I do think there's a similar approach to social placement along race, gender, class, age, and disability axes.
Mostly, people whom society designates as "abled" are pleased to be there—they are "passing as able-bodied," which is the default, unmarked, more powerful state. (I do recognize that "passing" has different meanings among race/gender/disability communities, and that's an issue worth exploring another day.)
Thanks to hard work by many trans* people, we now recognize that "femaleness" is actually "assigned female at birth." "Abled" is another way of describing those whose gender identity matches their birth assignment.
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Mostly, people whom society designates as "abled" are pleased to be there—they are "passing as able-bodied," which is the default, unmarked, more powerful state. (I do recognize that "passing" has different meanings among race/gender/disability communities, and that's an issue worth exploring another day.)
Thanks to hard work by many trans* people, we now recognize that "femaleness" is actually "assigned female at birth." "Abled" is another way of describing those whose gender identity matches their birth assignment.
Don't know if I've helped.