Biography
Presenting Where the ADA and the Medical Model Meet: Young Adults with Rare Conditions
Court(ney) Felle (they/them) is an MA/PhD student at the Ohio State University, housed between Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy and interdisciplinary Disability Studies. Court(ney) is interested in “diagnosis” as a social construction and narrative tool, especially where it overlaps with concepts of crip time, trauma studies, and wider forms of oppression and catastrophe. Before starting at Ohio State, Court(ney) led a nonprofit program for young adults with rare disabilities to find policy, advocacy, and public speaking opportunities. Their previous writing on disability can be found in SICK Magazine, Monstering Magazine, interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, Teen Vogue, and other publications.