Intersectionality

A theoretical framework originated by Kimberlé Crenshaw recognizing that individuals hold multiple social identities (disability, race, gender, class, sexuality) that interact to produce unique experiences of privilege and oppression that cannot be understood by examining any single axis alone. In AI and accessibility, intersectionality reveals that fairness interventions focused on disability alone may benefit otherwise-privileged disabled people while failing or harming those who are multiply marginalized.