A concept from disability studies that challenges normative expectations around pace, productivity and scheduling. It recognizes that disabled people often need more time, flexible pacing, and different rhythms---and that is not a personal failing but a response to an inaccessible world.
A radical approach to disability that questions how "compulsory able-bodiedness" is normalized in society. It seeks to make strange the assumptions we hold about bodies, minds, and productivity.
A term developed by the organization Chronic Illness Inclusion to distinguish disability-related energy deficits from ordinary fatigue. Energy impairment is biologically different; pushing through can cause relapse.
Chronic illnesses involving debilitating fatigue, including narcolepsy, ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, Long COVID, and autoimmune diseases. These conditions are often invisible and poorly understood.
The cultural expectation to do more, faster, and constantly improve output. In neoliberal institutions, hyper-productivity is normalized and rewarded, creating barriers for those who cannot maintain its pace.
Systemic barriers, policies, and cultural norms that disadvantage disabled people. This includes not only physical inaccessibility, but also temporal accessibility built into schedules, deadlines, and workload expectations.
The experience of falling behind normative timelines due to disability---whether in career progression, daily tasks, or social expectations.