The Journal of Philosophy of Disability @jphildis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Although the model remains central to disability theory, it has received limited philosophical attention since its foundational formulation by Richard K. Scotch and Kay Schriner in the late 1990s. Zala's paper addresses that gap in two ways. 100
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability @jphildis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026First, it presents the HVM, evaluates its strengths and weaknesses, and offers several necessary revisions. 110
The Journal of Philosophy of Disability @jphildis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Second, it mounts a philosophical defense of the HVM by answering potential objections and comparing it with two recent, related accounts of disability by Alex Gregory, and Katharine Jenkins and Aness Kim Webster, that just like the HVM, also strongly build on the notion of atypicality. 010
