transability

Etymology

From trans- + ability.

transability means the desire or need of a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The desire or need of a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment“Ultimately, the Morini/Johns encounter strikes a parallel with the conversation surrounding the idea of transability. On the subject of transability, Bethany Stevens writes, "Transabled people are individuals who need to acquire a physical impairment despite having been born or living in physically unimpaired bodies" ("Interrogating Transability").”