Crip Epistemology

A framework for understanding how disability produces distinct forms of knowledge that challenge dominant, ableist ways of knowing. Rooted in crip theory and disability studies, crip epistemologies recognize that disabled bodyminds generate situated, embodied knowledge through their particular experiences of navigating the world. In HCI and accessibility research, crip epistemologies call for methods that honor these different ways of knowing rather than forcing disabled participants into research frameworks designed around non-disabled norms of communication and cognition. The term builds on feminist epistemology and the concept of situated knowledges.