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

55 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Sexism, Confinement, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Abortion

anniefwrites's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

This plethora of stories and voices shows that disability is not a monolith. As a non-disabled person, I really value the breadth of experience that Wong included, and I think it’ll be a great foray for me to become more involved with disability justice. Wong also has an ongoing GoFundMe for medical expenses if you read and got something out of this book and want to contribute: https://www.gofundme.com/f/alice-wong-stay-in-community

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, and Fatphobia

softgalaxy's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read. Everyone should read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Sexism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Hate crime, and Sexual assault

Minor: Blood and Acephobia/Arophobia

atomicbritt's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Racism, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Sexual assault

kbairbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.5

I loved every moment of reading this and it was my first book now that I finally have a library card back in my life. I will be highly recommending this book to everyone I can.

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Content Warnings

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

anthrac's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Mental illness, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Racism

sunflower_soph's review against another edition

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

rorikae's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

'Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century' edited by Alice Wong is a great collection of essays by disabled authors that covers a range of subjects. The collection is broken up into four sections: Being, Becoming, Doing, and Connecting and each section has a number of different essays each written by a different author. 
One of my favorite things about this collection is that it covers so many topics and perspectives. Wong did an exceptional job of gathering a diverse group both in terms of race and sexuality as well as disability and gender identity. As such, this is a great starting point for someone interested in finding more authors to follow and getting glimpses into the struggles and celebrations that come with being disabled. Many of these essays deal with difficult subjects including ableism, sexual assault, racism, and more but equally the essays cover creating space, connection, and community. 
I listened to the audiobook, which was a great experience though my one issue is that some of the essays seem quite short. There are so many essays that the length and specificity varies widely. I found that my favorite pieces tended to be the longer pieces and some of my favorites included 'Radical Visibility: A Disabled Queer Clothing Reform Movement Manifesto' by Sky Cubacub, 'Why My Novel Is Dedicated to My Disabled Friend Maddy' by A. H. Reaume, and 'On NYCs Paratransit, Fighting for Safety, Respect, and Human Dignity' by Britney Wilson. 
I think this is essential reading and I will definitely be using it as a jumping off point to explore more works by these authors. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, Racism, Ableism, Mental illness, Homophobia, Hate crime, and Grief

ageckocalledachilles's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this. It covers a multitude of disability rights issues as well as being incredibly intersectional. Some sections discuss very difficult/triggering issues, but many of these come with content warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Acephobia/Arophobia, Medical trauma, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Sexism

Moderate: Genocide, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage