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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
22 reviews
kbairbooks's review
4.5
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Drug use, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer, Car accident, and Panic attacks/disorders
youcancallmefi's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Forced institutionalization
abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Fatphobia
elizabethkore's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Racism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Islamophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Genocide, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Death, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Cancer, and Bullying
Moderate: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, and Racism
Minor: Vomit
leahlovesloslibros's review
4.0
A pleasant surprise while reading this book is that I found some validation of my own. I have spent years dealing with impostor syndrome surrounding some of my own disabilities, especially since they are not considered disabilities by all individuals. This book really helped me realize that my disabilities are not only real, but valid. I want to help bring more awareness to both visible and invisible disabilities. We [individuals with disabilities] deserve that.
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Cursing, Colonisation, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Alcoholism, Cancer, Misogyny, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Death of parent, Abortion, Bullying, Torture, Self harm, Police brutality, Murder, and Domestic abuse
Additional CW/TW: erasure, incarceration, intersectionality, child neglect, poison, natural disasters Rep: AAPI, BIPOC, disabled, trans, nonbinary, aceforeverinastory's review against another edition
5.0
CWs from each story as provided by the contributor:
Unspeakable Conversations: eugenics, infanticide, assisted suicide.
There's a Mathematical Equation that Proves I'm Ugly: bullying, suicidal ideation.
The Erasure of Indigenous People in Chronic Illness: settler colonialism, genocide, racism, sexism, ableism, erasure, sexual assault, violence, suicide, suicidal ideation.
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison: sexual assault, language deprivation, isolation, incarceration, trauma, audism.
Common Cyborg: hate, misogyny, harassment, rape threats, death threats, racism, suicide, sterilization, ableism, eugenics.
We Can't Go Back: institutionalization, abuse.
Last but Not Least: body shaming, groping, sexual harassment.
The Antiabortion Bill You Aren't Hearing About: bodily autonomy, eugenics, ableism, trauma, sexual assault, medical trauma, objectification, carceral state, sterilization.
Incontinence is a Public Health Issue...: suicidal ideation, bullying, body shaming, infantilization.
Failing/Burning: suffering, medication, spoilers for Hannah Gadsby's Nanette.
Lost Cause: abuse, racism, ableist language, child neglect, torture, poisoning, self-harm.
Disability Solidarity: state violence, anti-Blackness, racism, ableism, audism, police brutality, incarceration, murder, white supremacy.
Time's Up for Me, Too: sexual assault, intimate partner violence, abuse, trauma.
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Acephobia/Arophobia, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence
pollyhall's review
2.0
This was a very slow read, I had to look up a lot of words. I would have liked to see fewer essays but with more depth.
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence
deveyway's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt
annemaries_shelves's review
5.0
Most of the essays were under 10 pages, which made for a great sampler of each writer’s work and stories without becoming overwhelming. While there were essays I loved more than others, each one gave me something to think about and each essay made sense as part of a greater anthology whole. The trigger content warnings at the top of each relevant essay was also appreciated. And I spent the whole time reading with a pencil in hand, underlining and starring and commenting - just annotating the whole book really.
A few above and beyond elements: You can also access a plain language version of the book on the disability visibility project website, which I think is amazing. The back of the book contains bios of each contributing author as well as recommended additional reading, which I will be taking advantage of. Since Disability Visibility was primarily focused on disabled authors in the USA (with a few exceptions) the book also reinforced my desire to read from Canadian, and other non-American disability perspectives.
I recommend this as introductory/extremely important reading for everyone. For me, Disability Visibility is just the first step in reading and learning more about disability justice and exploring disabled authors’ fiction, non-fiction, and other creative works.
Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts
biacedbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence