Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

My heart! This book was so needed and so healing.

Personally, I especially appreciated the essay/chapter on ableism in the spiritual and energy-healing communities. It validated a lot about how I experienced that community and made me feel less alone or like less of a failure by not being able to change it.

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

3.75

Opened my eyes to how I view myself and the people around me. Validated so many things for me.

Definitely made me realize how often disability gets overlooked in public spaces.

Gave me hope that a care-centered community is possible.

Although a lot of the material talked about is sad (check TW), overall I felt the tone of the book was extremely hopeful, and I found the intimate look at care-centered communities beautiful and spiritual.

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the_vegan_bookworm's review

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challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

5.0

This book, in no uncertain terms, changed my perspective on my life. It was beautiful, emotional and expansive. The essays touched on so many elements of my lived experience and gave me language and pride and compassion for them in ways I've struggled to have before.

I think it would be vaulable for anyone, but it would especially be valuable for folks who are disabled (or neurodivergent, Mad, crippled, whatever language you may use personally), queer and/or a trauma survivor.

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mallyj_20's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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emotional hopeful informative

5.0

Highly recommend the audiobook! Leah narrates their words with so much emotion and passion.

I found myself become very engaged during part 2 and that engagement continued to the end of the book. There are a few essays that deal specifically with suicide that were really triggering and hard to read but also beautiful and important and sad. This book is a great resource, as are most/all of the individual essays.

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pattytims's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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novella42's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

This book was too powerful for me to be able to give a coherent review right after finishing it. I will say that as a white disabled queer woman, I am immensely grateful to learn these stories, struggles, and wisdom from QTBIPOC disabled community leaders and visionaries. I think this is the most important book I have read in years.

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