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

Author(s): Alice Wong

Memoir & Biography

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 disabled people in the 21st century.


 


From Harriet McBryde Johnson's account of her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood, to original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, testimonies to Congress, and beyond: 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.

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General Fields

  • : 9781984899422
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.263537
  • : August 2020
  • : .656 Inches X 5.188 Inches X 8 Inches
  • : books

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  • : 240
  • : Paperback
  • : Alice Wong