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categorizing individuals as disabled is a problem in that it measures them against the model Human being within the logic of Humanism, an abstract ideal used for valuating bodies. if you reject the ideal Human being, then you can begin to see a person not as disabled, but unique in themselves, their value not essential (having a certain productive capability under state and economic logic), but dynamic and different to whomever finds value in that person:

“I find that salt makes food delicious to me, so I dissolve it; I recognize fish as food, so I eat it; I discover in you the gift of making my life brighter, so I choose you for a companion.”

in short: they are incomparable to any other person, their value determined by you instead of being determined by society.