Review by tinysierra - Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

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

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

“Unfortunately, we live in a society that assumes that joy is impossible for disabled people, associating disability with only sadness and shame. So my joy- the joy of professional and personal wins, of pop culture and books, of expressing platonic love out loud- is revolutionary in a body like mine.” -Keah Brown

Disability Visibility is intersectional, from a variety of people with difference races, genders, religions, etc with a range of disabilities and illnesses.

I wish everyone in my life would read this collection.

There are so many important discussions, and it’s vital to hear them from the people affected. There are conversations about inspiration porn, sexual assault faced by disabled people, ableism, infantilization, reproductive/social/environmental justice, interdependence, community, art, poetry and JOY! There is so much room for joy and for dreaming better futures for disabled and non disabled people.

As an asexual person, it was so awesome to see myself represented in these pages.

I loved that there was even a section in the back for further reading about disability. There were also people and movies or other media mentioned throughout the book that I hadn’t heard of before as well, so there’s room for more learning. Not to mention all the contributors who have other works outside this collection. This book is so valuable for the resources and the powerful knowledge it contains.

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

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