Disability Visibility
First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
Ratings36
Average rating4.3
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First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
Ratings36
Average rating4.3
“Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that readers will revisit time and time again.” —Chicago Tribune One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, From Harriet McBryde Johnson’s account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.
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Interesting but certainly falls into a classic anthology trap of mixed quality and unevenness. Strongest essays for me were from Harriet McBryde Johnson, Jessica Slice, and Wanda Diaz-Merced. 3.5 stars but rounding up.
This book is a must-read for anyone. This book is a collection of essays from various people with disabilities coming from many different backgrounds. Each essay brings a unique perspective and story to help show the reader the disadvantages society makes people have when they have any sort of disability. This book really taught me how intersectionality discourse widely leaves people with disabilities out of the conversation. It really opened my eyes to a whole group of people that we need to be including in all of these conversations about equality and equity in our communities. Please read this book, especially if you've been fighting for racial/gender/sexuality/etc. equality. Equality won't come for anyone if we don't include people with disabilities in the conversation.
