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Emily Ladau is an internationally known disability rights activist, speaker, and author of Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally. She is the editor in chief of the Rooted in Rights blog, a platform dedicated to amplifying authentic narratives of the intersectional disability experience. She also co-hosts The Accessible Stall, a podcast about disability issues. Ladau’s writing has been published in outlets including the New York Times, HuffPost, CNN, Self, Salon, Vice, The Daily Beast, Variety, and Marie Claire Australia. Her work is also included in the Criptiques Anthology and About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times. She has served as an expert source on disability issues for ou ...more

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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

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“If you do not belong to a particular marginalized community and you want to help that community, why do you associate the word ‘help’ with that community?” she begins. “That really needs to be unpacked before you approach that community.”
― Emily Ladau, Demystifying Disability, Revised Edition: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

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“I believe in celebrating good things and big accomplishments. But the trouble with these kinds of stories is that they wouldn’t be newsworthy at all if a disabled person wasn’t the subject, and if we didn’t live in a world so consumed by the ableist idea that if disabled people achieve anything, it can only be in spite of our disabilities.”
― Emily Ladau, Demystifying Disability, Revised Edition: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

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“Small victories in representation are important.”
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