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  • By: Alice Wong
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  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
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Summary

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.

From original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma, to blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, Congressional testimonies, and beyond: This anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites listeners to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love. 

©2020 Alice Wong (P)2020 Random House Audio

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“An exemplary collection...This month’s #RequiredReading.” (Ms. Magazine)

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Everyone should listen!

Extremely enlightening and diverse experiences. I thought I understood a good bit about disability but this has really broadened my view. I love all the angles it takes from motherhood, transport, creativity etc. Important and I hope to see more like this from other contexts in the world beyond America. Definitely listen/read.

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An insightful collection, beautifully read.

This thought-provoking and insightful collection of essays shines a spotlight at a time when society may be ready to acknowledge - and, perhaps, finally, seek to benefit from - disability. The myriad stories show a depth and range of emotion to the lived experiences of disabled people which is usually lacking in mainstream representation. It is an important and vital window into the mechanics of living ordinary lives in an indifferent and unprepared world. Alejandra Ospina does a fantastic job narrating, bringing an engaging perspective and cadence to the storied and diverse material assembled by Alice Wong. Hopefully a second volume of this project is not too far away!

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Inspiring, provocative, essential

Alice Wong’s project to bring together this collection of essays, thought pieces and provocations by a wide range of people with lived experience of disability is extraordinary. Essential reading for anyone interested in learning more about disability justice and lived experience, it is intersectional and inspiring.

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crucial insights into disability activism

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to these first person accounts of moving through the world as a disabled person. The book highlights varied experiences of disability & I appreciated the emphasis on black and queer disabled people.

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Brilliant!

A fantastic, important and varied collection of essays on disability, queerness and neurodivergence. Well worth reading.

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