There are two different understandings of the concept of ”vulnerability” which have implications for how we perceive disability – either as universal and part of being human (Martha Fineman, 2008) in the sense that no matter what we all die or, as something only certain people, suffers from. As for example Leach Scully (2014) has pointed out, both perspectives have weaknesses when applied on persons with disabilities: A universal perspective risks to neglect factors that make certain groups of people more vulnerable than others. On the other hand, by focusing on certain groups as more vulnerable, two groups of people are produced and reproduced; vulnerable and less vulnerable persons. Bryan Turner (2006) offers yet another perspective where vulnerability does not depend on the individual’s body or disability, but rather is understood as an universal dependency on social institutions. As a teacher and a researcher in disability studies at the department of social work I have become aware of the need to reflect over how vulnerability is conceptualized and understood within the two disciplines. In this presentation I identify and reflect over the arguments for talking about vulnerability in disability studies and in social work as well as the arguments for choosing other concepts in order to achieve social change.