Disability visibility : first-person stories from the Twenty-first century
Title:
Disability visibility : first-person stories from the Twenty-first century
Author:
Wong, Alice, 1974- editor.
ISBN:
9781984899422
Physical Description:
xxii, 309 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
"A Vintage Books original."--Title page verso.
Contents:
Unspeakable conversations / Ki'tay D. Davidson : a eulogy / If you can't fast, give / There's a mathematical equation that proves I'm ugly -- or so I learned in my seventh grade art class / erasure of indigenous people in chronic illness / When you are waiting to be healed / isolation of being deaf in prison / Common cyborg / I'm tired of chasing a cure / We can't go back / Radical visibility : a disabled queer clothing reform movement manifesto / Guide dogs don't lead blind people. We wander as one / Taking charge of my story as a cancer patient at the hospital where I work / Canfei to canji : the freedom to be loud / Nurturing black disabled joy / Last but not least : embracing asexuality / Parenting with a disability makes me feel like an 'impostor' as a mother / How to make a paper crane from rage / Selma Blair became a disabled icon overnight. Here's why we need more stories like hers / Why my novel is dedicated to my disabled friend Maddy / anti-abortion bill you aren't hearing about / So. Not. Broken / How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars / Incontinence is a public health issue and we need to talk about it / Falling/burning : Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, and being a bipolar creator / Six ways of looking at crip time / Lost causes / On NYC's paratransit, fighting for safety, respect, and human dignity / Gaining power through communication access / fearless Benjamin Lay : activist, abolitionist, dwarf person / To survive climate catastrophe, look to queer and disabled folks / Disability solidarity : completing the 'vision for black lives / Time's up for me, too / Still dreaming wild disability justice dreams at the end of the world / Love means never having to say ... anything / On the ancestral plane : crip hand me downs and the legacy of our movements / beauty of spaces created for and by disabled people
Abstract:
"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.
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