Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong

116 reviews

astropova's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I think everyone should read this book, whether they are disabled or not. This is the kind of book that is vital for the development of humanity, on both a personal and overall scale. Read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

There are specific content warnings at the beginning of each chapter/story/essay.

kelleykamanda's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Damn. Read this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Excrement, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Grief, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Infertility, Body shaming, Ableism, Racism, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, and Fatphobia

leelaamanda's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Ableism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Medical content, Racism, Abortion, and Sexual assault

Minor: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Medical content

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

important work being done here to build a disability archive

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Murder, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Racism

alexisgarcia's review

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

this is such an important read. i wouldn’t recommend the audiobook because it’s harder to listen to and distinguish between the authors. but each and every author did such an amazing job and shined a light on some of the things disabled people have to deal with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Chronic illness

hendrixpants's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

megj23's review

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma and Ableism

Minor: Death

alexxcp's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Sexual assault

eib_21's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

chronicacademia's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Racism, Sexism, Misogyny, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Abortion, Bullying, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide