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Disability Visibility
Not your inspiration. Not your tragedy. 37 disabled writers telling their own stories. ♿
Who it's for
Instead of one story, the anthology offers dozens of disabled voices across race, gender, sexuality and type of disability, organised in four sections (Being, Becoming, Doing, Connecting).
Feelings it meets
What it is
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century is a 2020 anthology edited by disability activist Alice Wong and published by Vintage. It collects 37 pieces by activists, writers, lawyers, artists and others, in forms ranging from personal essays and blog posts to manifestos, eulogies and Congressional testimony.
Where to find it
In print (Vintage) and widely available; libraries (Libby/Hoopla); audiobook narrated by Alejandra Ospina; also available via Bookshare and the NLS braille and audio program. A young readers' adaptati.
Before you start
Heads up: Ableism, eugenics and medical trauma.
Age: Ages 14+
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.Helen Keller, Optimism: An Essay
