This article studies how disabilities are conceptualized and used by citizens when they report perceived discrimination associated with disability in Sweden. A review of all 485 disability-related complaints filed with the Equality Ombudsman in 2012 shows how disabilities are conceptualized on three different themes. The first involves environmental obstacles that include references to deficiencies regarding human rights as well as material deficiencies. The second involves diagnoses and incapacity by using medical language citing medical certificates. The third involves those complaints that cite multiple discriminatory grounds, of which disability is one. These individual interpretations of disability show how citizens justify their belonging to the category of disabled people. The variations of the concept of disability can be viewed as a pragmatic way of relating to disability, suggesting the possibility of assuming different positions in different situations, where the context determines what is most suitable.

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如何在个人歧视投诉中对残疾进行概念化

本文研究了当瑞典公民报告与残疾相关的感知歧视时，他们如何概念化和使用残疾。对 2012 年向平等监察员提交的所有 485 件与残疾相关的投诉进行的审查显示了残疾是如何在三个不同主题上概念化的。第一个涉及环境障碍，包括提到人权方面的缺陷以及物质缺陷。第二个涉及使用医学语言引用医疗证明进行诊断和丧失工作能力。第三个涉及引用多种歧视理由的投诉，其中残疾就是其中之一。这些对残疾的个人解释表明公民如何证明他们属于残疾人类别。