CONSULTING:

FOUNDATIONS & FRAMEWORKS

Foundations & Frameworks

The 10 Principles of Disability Justice

Outlined by Sins Invalid, the 10 Principles of Disability Justice are as follows:

  • Intersectionality (originally coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw)

  • Leadership of those most impacted

  • Anti-Capitalism

  • Cross-movement organizing

  • Wholeness

  • Sustainability

  • Cross-disability solidarity

  • Interdependence

  • Collective Access

  • Collective Liberation

Trauma-Informed Approach

Trauma undergirds many of the individual, group, and collective issues that we are faced with. Jazz often uses the 6 guiding principles of a trauma-informed approach which include:

  • Creating safety

  • Trustworthiness & Transparency

  • Peer Support

  • Collaboration & Mutuality

  • Empowerment, voice, & choice

  • Understanding of cultural, historical, & gender issues

Universal Design Learning (UDL)

Jazz uses the principles of Universal Design Learning (UDL) to optimize accessibility in their services, education, and advocacy. The three core principles of UDL include:

  • Providing multiple means of representation

  • Providing multiple means of action & expression

  • Providing multiple means of engagement

Anti- Carceral Approach

Jazz does not subscribe to avoidant and carceral solutions to societal problems, such as prisons, policing, and institutionalization.

Praxis

Theory is useless without application. In consultation, Jazz provides the structure of theoretical frameworks to help work through and process aspects of oppression, but is ultimately interested in how these frameworks are applied in the world we currently live in.

Historically Rooted

Jazz believes that in order to strive for justice, we must have an understanding of historical and generational trauma, events, framings, and impacts, centering the histories and perspectives of those most impacted by systems of oppression.

Imagination

Jazz is interested in working with others to imagine futures that make space for all of our bodies and minds. Imagination is not the same as actualization, but too many forget that actualization is not possible without imagination.

Affirmations for Disabled People: You don't have to be independent to be worthy. It's our interdependence that keeps us alive. Your humanity isn't defined by your production. You have wisdom even if it's devalued. your pain is real, needs are import

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A graphic designed by Jazz Bell with text that reads “Affirmations for Disabled People: You do not have to be independent to be worthy. It is our interdependence that keeps us alive. Your humanity is not defined by your production. You have wisdom even if it is devalued. Your pain is real. Your needs are important. You are not a burden”. The background is a dark pink. In the lower left corner is a white circle with a gold outline. Inside the circle are dried and pressed leaves and flowers in pink, yellow, and white. A small pink flower and a gold squiggle is shown in the upper right corner.