One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent-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 this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people. From Harriet McBryde Johnson's account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional…mehr
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent-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 this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people. From Harriet McBryde Johnson's account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, and eulogies to Congressional testimonies, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Introduction by Alice Wong PART 1: BEING Unspeakable Conversations Harriet McBryde Johnson For Ki’tay D. Davidson, Who Loves Us Talila A. Lewis If You Can’t Fast, Give Maysoon Zayid There’s a Mathematical Equation That Proves I’m Ugly—Or So I Learned in My Seventh-Grade Art Class Ariel Henley The Erasure of Indigenous People in Chronic Illness Jen Deerinwater When You Are Waiting to Be Healed June Eric-Udorie The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison Jeremy Woody, as told to Christie Thompson Common Cyborg Jillian Weise I’m Tired of Chasing a Cure Liz Moore PART 2: BECOMING We Can’t Go Back Ricardo T. Thornton Sr. Radical Visibility: A Disabled Queer Clothing Reform Movement Manifesto Sky Cubacub Guide Dogs Don’t Lead Blind People. We Wander as One. Haben Girma Taking Charge of My Story as a Cancer Patient at the Hospital Where I Work Diana Cejas Canfei to Canji: The Freedom of Being Loud Sandy Ho Nurturing Black Disabled Joy Keah Brown Last but Not Least — Embracing Asexuality Keshia Scott Imposter Syndrome and Parenting with a Disability Jessica Slice How to Make a Paper Crane from Rage Elsa Sjunneson Selma Blair Became a Disabled Icon Overnight. Here’s Why We Need More Stories Like Hers. Zipporah Arielle PART 3: DOING Why My Novel Is Dedicated to My Disabled Friend Maddy A. H. Reaume The Antiabortion Bill You Aren’t Hearing About Rebecca Cokley So. Not. Broken. Alice Sheppard How a Blind Astronomer Found a Way to Hear the Stars Wanda Díaz-Merced Incontinence Is a Public Health Issue—And We Need to Talk About It Mari Ramsawakh Falling/Burning: Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, and Being a Bipolar Creator Shoshana Kessock Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time Ellen Samuels Lost Cause Reyma McCoy McDeid On NYC’s Paratransit, Fighting for Safety, Respect, and Human Dignity Britney Wilson Gaining Power through Communication Access Lateef McLeod PART 4: CONNECTING The Fearless Benjamin Lay: Activist, Abolitionist, Dwarf Person Eugene Grant To Survive Climate Catastrophe, Look to Queer and Disabled Folks Patty Berne, as told to and edited by Vanessa Raditz Disability Solidarity: Completing the “Vision for Black Lives” Harriet Tubman Collective Time’s Up for Me, Too Karolyn Gehrig Still Dreaming Wild Disability Justice Dreams at the End of the World Leah Lakshmi Piepzna- Samarasinha Love Means Never Having to Say . . . Anything Jamison Hill On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand- Me Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements Stacey Milbern The Beauty of Spaces Created for and by Disabled People s.e. smith
About the Editor About the Contributors Further Reading
Introduction by Alice Wong PART 1: BEING Unspeakable Conversations Harriet McBryde Johnson For Ki’tay D. Davidson, Who Loves Us Talila A. Lewis If You Can’t Fast, Give Maysoon Zayid There’s a Mathematical Equation That Proves I’m Ugly—Or So I Learned in My Seventh-Grade Art Class Ariel Henley The Erasure of Indigenous People in Chronic Illness Jen Deerinwater When You Are Waiting to Be Healed June Eric-Udorie The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison Jeremy Woody, as told to Christie Thompson Common Cyborg Jillian Weise I’m Tired of Chasing a Cure Liz Moore PART 2: BECOMING We Can’t Go Back Ricardo T. Thornton Sr. Radical Visibility: A Disabled Queer Clothing Reform Movement Manifesto Sky Cubacub Guide Dogs Don’t Lead Blind People. We Wander as One. Haben Girma Taking Charge of My Story as a Cancer Patient at the Hospital Where I Work Diana Cejas Canfei to Canji: The Freedom of Being Loud Sandy Ho Nurturing Black Disabled Joy Keah Brown Last but Not Least — Embracing Asexuality Keshia Scott Imposter Syndrome and Parenting with a Disability Jessica Slice How to Make a Paper Crane from Rage Elsa Sjunneson Selma Blair Became a Disabled Icon Overnight. Here’s Why We Need More Stories Like Hers. Zipporah Arielle PART 3: DOING Why My Novel Is Dedicated to My Disabled Friend Maddy A. H. Reaume The Antiabortion Bill You Aren’t Hearing About Rebecca Cokley So. Not. Broken. Alice Sheppard How a Blind Astronomer Found a Way to Hear the Stars Wanda Díaz-Merced Incontinence Is a Public Health Issue—And We Need to Talk About It Mari Ramsawakh Falling/Burning: Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, and Being a Bipolar Creator Shoshana Kessock Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time Ellen Samuels Lost Cause Reyma McCoy McDeid On NYC’s Paratransit, Fighting for Safety, Respect, and Human Dignity Britney Wilson Gaining Power through Communication Access Lateef McLeod PART 4: CONNECTING The Fearless Benjamin Lay: Activist, Abolitionist, Dwarf Person Eugene Grant To Survive Climate Catastrophe, Look to Queer and Disabled Folks Patty Berne, as told to and edited by Vanessa Raditz Disability Solidarity: Completing the “Vision for Black Lives” Harriet Tubman Collective Time’s Up for Me, Too Karolyn Gehrig Still Dreaming Wild Disability Justice Dreams at the End of the World Leah Lakshmi Piepzna- Samarasinha Love Means Never Having to Say . . . Anything Jamison Hill On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand- Me Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements Stacey Milbern The Beauty of Spaces Created for and by Disabled People s.e. smith
About the Editor About the Contributors Further Reading
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