3.5
informative reflective medium-paced

Overall a very good book and it offered some interesting perspectives I never considered before, for example the the benefits of having disabled astronauts. I think this overall is something that any abled person should read especially if they're in the business of trying to provide technological solutions to the disabled populace. I also am inclined to believe that the parts discussing amputation are very accurate since the author herself has personal experience and the chapter on autism/neurodiversity I believe is pretty consistent with what my autistic friends have told me and my own experiences with ADHD. Unfortunately, I know a lot about being profoundly deaf and the experience of using a cochlear implant, which makes me a hard audience to write for regarding this stuff because I will look for and find inaccuracies. 

That being said, the only two negative points I can cite are; 
1. Referring to Hearing Happiness as a source on the matter of Cochlear Implants. Please see my review on this book, which will eventually have an essay attached breaking down the inaccuracies presented in the epilogue. However, I am thankful that the author cited Novic's True Biz which is an novel that is critical of Cochlear Implants, but provide criticisms that are very much factually accurate and rooted in reality!

2. Stating that congenitally deaf individuals do not experience motion sickness in reference to the Gallaudet 11. The fact is, all but one were deafened by spinal meningitis which took out both their cochleas and their vestibular system. On the other hand I was born deaf, and recently found to have a normal functioning vestibular system (I got to do a battery of *fun* tests) and I do rarely at times experience motion sickness.

Please excuse any typos as I wrote this on my phone.