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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
20 reviews
lottie1803's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and Medical content
1eea10u's review
informative
fast-paced
3.5
A great introduction to disability history and addressing ableism! A fantastic, quick primer on a topic that has very much been pushed off to the side or is considered “too uncomfortable” to talk about.
It Is very much a “beginners guide” so to say and I would not necessarily recommend it to someone who has lived experience with a disability or has been involved in disability advocacy for a while.
From an accessibility standpoint (as this is a book about disability), its physical copy has a nice comfortable weight and page thickness to it for easy holding and page turning. From a processing standpoint, more difficult terms are explained clearly and easily. However, it uses a sans-serif font, which can be difficult for some people with dyslexia or vision disabilities to process.
It Is very much a “beginners guide” so to say and I would not necessarily recommend it to someone who has lived experience with a disability or has been involved in disability advocacy for a while.
From an accessibility standpoint (as this is a book about disability), its physical copy has a nice comfortable weight and page thickness to it for easy holding and page turning. From a processing standpoint, more difficult terms are explained clearly and easily. However, it uses a sans-serif font, which can be difficult for some people with dyslexia or vision disabilities to process.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content and Ableism
thehomiemona's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Mental illness
Minor: Suicide
nbreezy17's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
catnapping's review
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Sexual violence
mezzoanddolce's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition
informative
3.0
This was a basic introduction to disability that included topics like language, breif history, media representation, and allyship. This author did do a lot with this in terms of including a lot of disabilities into this discussion without getting to lost in details that may have been beyond the scope of what she intended, but instead keeping to accessibility more broadly giving a variety of examples. She also does explain and incorporate intersectionality to a point, which was good to see in parts of this conversation. I think this could be helpful for people who are just starting to learn for teenagers and adults.
However, the issue that I run into with a lot of the more ally-focus texts is that they are so nice and accomodating to the oppressing class in question that so much ends up being watered down and the hand-holding becomes distracting. The history component was really neat but she cushioned it with comments about history being dry and boring and that she wouldn't take too long, which was offputting. Politically, it was also very watered down for my taste but that is what it is with most ally-centered texts like this. There was lots about how to change language and representation, not as much focus on economic inequality and violence outside of mentioning laws and history. She does explain intersectionality and applies it to disability but it only goes so far when talking about the power structures and issues that impact different groups (a glaring example being the limited disussion arohnd prisons and police).
That being said, I did pick this up expecting similar issues to come up. But as I said at the beginning, this could be good for people just starting to learn. I learned some from the history component, and I think that the resources that she includes are quite helpful.
However, the issue that I run into with a lot of the more ally-focus texts is that they are so nice and accomodating to the oppressing class in question that so much ends up being watered down and the hand-holding becomes distracting. The history component was really neat but she cushioned it with comments about history being dry and boring and that she wouldn't take too long, which was offputting. Politically, it was also very watered down for my taste but that is what it is with most ally-centered texts like this. There was lots about how to change language and representation, not as much focus on economic inequality and violence outside of mentioning laws and history. She does explain intersectionality and applies it to disability but it only goes so far when talking about the power structures and issues that impact different groups (a glaring example being the limited disussion arohnd prisons and police).
That being said, I did pick this up expecting similar issues to come up. But as I said at the beginning, this could be good for people just starting to learn. I learned some from the history component, and I think that the resources that she includes are quite helpful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Minor: Sexual assault and Violence
stormeno's review against another edition
informative
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Ableism, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
missrosymaplemoth's review
5.0
Despite knowing a lot of this information already, I took a lot away from this book. It’s fantastic as a first stop on your journey of learning about the disability community. I will be returning to it and recommending it often.
☀️13/20
☀️13/20
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
yaoipaddle's review
informative
fast-paced
3.0
It was just fine. I would say this book is a good intro to see if you’d want to learn more about disability. The author provides a lot of recommendations to other sources for further reading which I will check out.
What I liked about it was that it made me think more about how I refer to myself or some of the ableist beliefs that were put on me abt myself.
What I liked about it was that it made me think more about how I refer to myself or some of the ableist beliefs that were put on me abt myself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Mental illness
Moderate: Racism, Homophobia, and Transphobia