Duality

The practice of managing plural identities across different contexts, where a person lives dual work lives and maintains separate identity presentations depending on the stakeholders they are interacting with. In disability contexts, duality involves strategic navigation of which identity facets to present—for example, a disabled person may present differently in medical settings versus employment settings versus social settings. This is distinct from simple concealment; it involves actively managing multiple authentic identities and transferring resources between them while minimizing harm from any single stakeholder.