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Tiffany Yu is acutely aware of the intersections of identity that face us all. Yu is an Asian American daughter to immigrant parents living with PTSD and sustaining a permanent arm injury at age 9. Yu takes us on her own journey examining how deep PTSD can hide from someone and how that impacts their life.  She shares with us how often people have tried to solve her disability as if it’s a problem she has. In doing so Yu examines the inherent racism, sexism and classism tied up in the ableist mind set. She does not stray from these identities and in fact urges those reading to look at their own identities and sit with any discomfort they may face. 

This read challenges you for the better. How often in your day to day are you using ableist language without even realizing it? How often are the events you plan or go to inclusive to all bodies? Why are companies so afraid of hiring disabled employees? Yu breaks these questions down into bite size nuggets of wisdom both from herself and other disabled advocates.

It’s important to me to read and become a better ally to my disabled peers by retaining this information and reconfiguring my vocabulary. To be a true ally you must adapt  as disabled people have done throughout history. Yu has one section in particular where she names a bunch of random household objects that are now common, but were created with disabled people in mind. That’s the adaptability disabled people bring to the table and I think it’s high time we bring that energy right back to them.