On being “abled” by others, see Eiesland, Disabled God, 38, 103. The church is notorious among people labeled disabled for the ferociousness of its judgmental gaze, as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s daughter and sufferer of chronic fatigue syndrome Katherine Welby has observed. “‘You can feel quite uncomfortable [in church], like people are looking at you, like you’re not paying attention or not engaging properly.’ She says more flexibility and acceptance is needed. ‘If someone goes in and the first week they’re there they get tutted at, then they’re not going to come back.’” Beth Rose,
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