Redefining disability and pathology as both developmental and relational: the ‘phenomenological congruence and flexibility’ approach to disability
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences March 16, 2026 Joshua Sealy
This paper reframes disability and pathology through a developmental-relational lens, introducing the phenomenological congruence framework to complement existing models. The ecological-enactive model, ecological functional model, and microactivist affordances approaches offer valuable insight into disability but do not fully account for how developmental trajectories shape people’s capacity to...