A review by tinysierra
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

“When we want to, we can turn the world on its head, provided we band together and we're willing to stay up until three in the morning and listen to every single person speak. Even if they speak one letter at a time with a pointer attached to their head.”

Rolling Warrior very good place to start if you want to get into disability justice. It’s easy to read and the language is not super academic. 

I wish Judy had talked more deeply about Camp Jened, the summer camp she went to, but I suppose if you want to learn more about that you’ll have to watch the documentary Crip Camp.

“How many movies or television series have you watched with a disabled person in it? 
How many movies or television series have you watched with a disabled person in it, who wasn't white? Or from the United States?The world thinks that if you've heard one disabled person's story, you've heard them all. 
I hope my story about our protests is not the only one you ever hear.“

If you’re looking for more disability narratives to get into, I personally recommend:

• Disability Visibility
• Feminist Queer Crip
• The Selected Works of Audre Lorde