Rehabilitation is the process of helping a person or place return to health, strength, or a good condition after illness, injury, or damage.
From Latin *rehabilitatio* (restoration), from *rehabilitare* (to restore, make able again), from *re-* (again) + *habilis* (able).
Physical rehab after an injury rewires your muscles and brain to work together again. Social rehabilitation for prisoners or addicts tries to do the same for behavior and identity—rebuilding a life that fits back into society.
Rehabilitation programs in health, criminal justice, and social services have often been designed around male norms, with women’s and gender-diverse people’s needs treated as secondary or exceptional. In media, "rehabilitation" of public figures’ images has been applied unevenly across genders.
Be specific about the type of rehabilitation (medical, social, legal) and avoid implying that nonconformity to gender norms requires rehabilitation.
["recovery support","restorative program","re-entry support"]
Acknowledge women and gender-diverse practitioners and advocates who have developed gender-responsive rehabilitation approaches and challenged punitive models.
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