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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

Alice Wong (Editor),

Harriet McBryde Johnson (Contributor)

Start date: January 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

Discussion: Jan/Feb '21 Disability Awareness

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Oct 22, 2020 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: arab-and-muslim-authors, radical-nonfiction, black-history-and-culture, american-nonfiction, lgbtqia, nonfiction, native-indigenous-lit, audiobooks, feminism, latinx

This book was incredible. Maybe it's because I think this is really the first nonfiction book I've read specifically on disability (aside from specific mental health books), at least that I can think of, but I just learned a ton. I read a lot on racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., but I'm behind on ableism and I'm trying to catch up. This collection was eye-opening: the contributors are extraordinarily diverse and the stories are, down to the last one, remarkably compelling. It even ta ...more

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Dec 20, 2021 Julianne Dunn rated it it was amazing

This is an amazing collection of stories with so many different perspectives. I highly recommend this for those interested in hearing more about the joys and traumas of those living with disabilities.

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