Where You See Yourself

This was such a good read. We follow Effie as she navigated her senior year of high school and figures out her plans for college. We see her with her best friends and explore the evolution of a friendship when everyone will be scattering to different school. And there's a love interest. 

Effie has Cerebral Palsy and uses a wheelchair. We see her experiencing casual (often unconscious) ableism and denial of access to places by people who mean well, but do little. A lot of the book is Effie being clear on her career goals and trying to find a college that will support not just her dreams but her access to those dreams. I'm left thinking any institution that doesn't work for inclusion is all the poorer in the end in the loss of brilliant hearts and minds. 

I light up at his compliment, but dial it back quickly. They want me, yes, but a want is just a want. They haven't done the work.