Disability visibility: first person stories from the twenty-first century

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Wong, Alice, 1974-

Wong, Alice

Wong, Alice,1974-editor

Wong, Alice

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Adult Non-Fiction

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A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." • Edited by MacArthur "Genius Grant" Fellow Alice Wong
“Shares perspectives that are too often missing from such decision-making about accessibility.” —The Washington Post
According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers.There is Harriet McBryde Johnson's "Unspeakable Conversations," which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith's celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, and testimonies to Congress.
Taken together, this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love.

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Wake County Public Libraries

Duraleigh Road Community
Eva H. Perry Regional
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Southeast Regional

9781984899422

2020

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC

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People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
People with disabilities -- United States -- Social conditions

Disability visibility : first person stories from the twenty-first century

Disability Visibility First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
Disability visibility : first person stories from the twenty-first century / edited by Alice Wong

Disability visibility

first person stories from the twenty-first century

Biography & Autobiography
Literary Criticism
Nonfiction
People with disabilities
Social conditions
Sociology