@article{Haenel2022,
  author    = {H{\"a}nel, Hilkje C.},
  title     = {Potentially disabled?},
  series = {Inquiry},
  journal   = {Inquiry},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis},
  address   = {London},
  issn      = {0020-174X},
  doi       = {10.1080/0020174X.2022.2136753},
  pages     = {1 -- 26},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Ten years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare illness called Myasthenia Gravis. Myasthenia Gravis is a long-term neuromuscular autoimmune disease where antibodies block or destroy specific receptors at the junction between nerve and muscle; hence, nerve impulses fail to trigger muscle contractions. The disease leads to varying degrees of muscle weakness. Currently, I have only minor symptoms, I am not seriously impaired, and I do not suffer from any social disadvantage because of my illness. Yet, my life and my body since my diagnosis feel different than before. In this paper I aim to make this feeling intelligible and propose that it is a state of what I call 'latent impairment'. Latent impairment is a state of being 'in between', different from being actually impaired and also different from being abled-bodied. The theory takes its cues both from social constructionist theories of disability as well as theories of (chronic) illness and their focus on the importance of subjectivity. Furthermore, I suggest that a phenomenological understanding of latent impairment can show possible ways of becoming an ally to the DRM.},
  language  = {en}
}