ABSTRACT
Whilst this book is testimony to the importance that the concept diversity has attained in recent years, it is necessary to explore a relatively unanswered question: what does diversity mean in relation to disability and disablism? In addressing this question this chapter touches on matters of numerical diversity, theoretical diversity and the relevance of contemporary diversity debates. As in other fi elds – for example, explorations of gender, ‘race’ and sexuality – questions about diversity connect with related debates about social divisions and intersectionality (see Lutz, this volume).
