Forging New Disability Rights Narratives about Heritable Genome Editing

Published November 17, 2022

The prospect of using CRISPR gene editing in reproduction is often justified by claims that it will eliminate disease and disability. But these claims draw on societal narratives that devalue people with disabilities. In this roundtable conversation, Silvia Yee (Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund), Larkin Taylor-Parker (Autistic Self Advocacy Network), and Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Gallaudet University) explore how new disability rights narratives can challenge uses of genetic and reproductive technologies based in ingrained ableism, and promote futures in which disabled people flourish. Rebecca Cokley (Ford Foundation) moderated the discussion.

Full transcript and additional information about the speakers and topic can be found on the CGS website: https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/in...

This event on November 14, 2022 was co-sponsored by Center for Genetics and Society and Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund.

Center for Genetics and Society: https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund: https://dredf.org/