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A review by rainbopagn
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
5.0
This selection of essays is important representation of disability and the many forms it can take. Each perspective brings something a little different to the conversation and I find that Wong did well in editing and choosing the order of them. That said, this is a hard read for anyone who is disabled or has a disabled loved one. Some of the essays are a brutal look at eugenics, ableism and more.
Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, and Bullying
Moderate: Addiction and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Homophobia and Classism