Justice as Structural Change

Sor Juana recognized that her individual brilliance could not overcome unjust systems; true justice required structural transformation of institutions and power. Similarly, disability justice goes beyond individual accommodations or accessibility fixes—it demands reimagining architecture, labor, economics, medicine, and governance to include disabled people as full members. This means addressing poverty, healthcare access, employment discrimination, and segregation; centering disabled leadership in designing solutions; and recognizing disability as a natural part of human diversity. Justice is not helping disabled people fit into existing systems, but building systems where disabled people naturally belong. Sor Juana's struggle for intellectual freedom illuminates this: individual kindness is insufficient without justice.