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Disability visibility : first-person stories from the Twenty-first century

Title
Disability visibility : first-person stories from the Twenty-first century / edited by Alice Wong.
ISBN
9781984899422
1984899422
Published
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
Physical Description
xxii, 309 pages ; 21 cm
Notes
"A Vintage Books original."--Title page verso.
Summary
"A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden--but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. There is Harriet McBryde Johnson's "Unspeakable Conversations," which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith's celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, and testimonies to Congress. Taken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love."-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Disability visibility. First Vintage Books edition New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Unspeakable conversations / Harriet McBryde Johnson
Ki'tay D. Davidson : who loves us / Talila A. Lewis
If you can't fast, give / Maysoon Zayid
There's a mathematical equation that proves I'm ugly
or so I learned in my seventh grade art class / Ariel Henley
The erasure of indigenous people in chronic illness / Jen Deerinwater
When you are waiting to be healed / June Eric-Udorie
The isolation of being deaf in prison / Jeremy Woody as told to Christie Thompson
Common cyborg / Jillian Weise
I'm tired of chasing a cure / Liz Moore
We can't go back / Ricard T. Thornton, Sr.
Radical visibility : a disabled queer clothing reform movement manifesto / Sky Cubacub
Guide dogs don't lead blind people. We wander as one / Haben Girma
Taking charge of my story as a cancer patient at the hospital where I work / Diana Cejas
Canfei to canji : the freedom to be loud / Sandy Ho
Nurturing black disabled joy / Keah Brown
Last but not least : embracing asexuality / Keshia Scott
Parenting with a disability makes me feel like an 'impostor' as a mother / Jessica Slice
How to make a paper crane from rage / Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
Selma Blair became a disabled icon overnight. Here's why we need more stories like hers / Zipporah Arielle
Why my novel is dedicated to my disabled friend Maddy / A.H. Reaume
The anti-abortion bill you aren't hearing about / Rebecca Cokley
So. Not. Broken / Alice Sheppard
How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars / Wanda Díaz-Merced
Incontinence is a public health issue and we need to talk about it / Mari Ramsawakh
Falling/burning : Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, and being a bipolar creator / Shoshana Kessock
Six ways of looking at crip time / Ellen Samuels
Lost causes / Reyma McCoy McDeid
On NYC's paratransit, fighting for safety, respect, and human dignity / Britney Wilson
Gaining power through communication access / Lateef McLeod
The fearless Benjamin Lay : activist, abolitionist, dwarf person / Eugene Grant
To survive climate catastrophe, look to queer and disabled folks / Patricia Berne
Disability solidarity : completing the 'vision for black lives / Harriet Tubman Collective
Time's up for me, too / Karolyn Gehrig
Still dreaming wild disability justice dreams at the end of the world / Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Love means never having to say ... anything / Jamison Hill
On the ancestral plane : crip hand me downs and the legacy of our movements / Stacey Milbern
The beauty of spaces created for and by disabled people / S. E. Smith.
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