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Describe social identity theory, discuss how this approach can help to explain the identities of people with disabilities.

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Social Activism, Social Identity theory, and people with disabilities are examined.

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Social identity enables people to have a comparative analysis of their own culture and individual group affiliation. As each group of people is distinct from each other, people belonging to more vulnerable groups benefit from being a part of their group, because it gives them a collective voice.

A classic example is the group of people who are physically challenged. As much as the typical non-physically challenged people ought to respect those who are physically challenged, that much more ...

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