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2021: GO OUT AND GET YOUR HANDS ON A COPY OF THIS BOOK, STAT! 12/10 would recommend.
This is a fantastic anthology. It is not only ably diverse (as expected from the title) but the authors are racially and gender diverse as well. I would honestly read a full-length book from any of the authors included (and several of them have upcoming books, which I am pumped about!) It's also a great lesson in a way to make anthologies include content warnings in an unobtrusive, easy to find and read way (including an ESSENTIAL warning that one of the essays spoiled the ending to Hannah Gadsby's Nanette). I also loved that the authors' disabilities were not listed at the intro to the article - the reader had to read the entire essay to see when and how the author chose to disclose their own disability.
I learned SO MUCH from this series:
• How deaf inmates and blind inmates will often get celled together in prison because they both fall into the category of “disabled” and then suffer very frustratingly and unnecessarily because of their inability to help each other survive prison well.
• People who use prosthetic legs often need to take into account “how much” they are using their own legs, because insurance companies will take that into account when approving upgrades and new protheses.
• The horrible and incredible rules that govern the Access-A-Ride system in NYC, that’s meant to make this great city accessible for everyone, and yet manages to create a system that’s so chaotic that I can imagine why many people don’t / can’t use it. This includes forcing people to be waiting outside for the transit, with transit being allowed to arrive at any time within a 30 min window, but transit only has to wait for passengers for 5 mins. UGH
• The highest rates of sexual assault are for disabled people who cannot communicate their attacks.
• "audism" is the term for discrimination or prejudice against individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
I loved that this anthology included various speeches given in court, advocating for the advancement of disability protections and for making our country a better place. I also loved the inclusion of both advocating against eugenics in an anthology alongside an essay advocating to be pro-choice. I have never heard from the perspective of a disabled parent. I so often hear stories of abled parents caring for their disabled children, but not the other way around.
It was an informative and inclusive book and honestly I think everyone should read it.
This is a fantastic anthology. It is not only ably diverse (as expected from the title) but the authors are racially and gender diverse as well. I would honestly read a full-length book from any of the authors included (and several of them have upcoming books, which I am pumped about!) It's also a great lesson in a way to make anthologies include content warnings in an unobtrusive, easy to find and read way (including an ESSENTIAL warning that one of the essays spoiled the ending to Hannah Gadsby's Nanette). I also loved that the authors' disabilities were not listed at the intro to the article - the reader had to read the entire essay to see when and how the author chose to disclose their own disability.
I learned SO MUCH from this series:
• How deaf inmates and blind inmates will often get celled together in prison because they both fall into the category of “disabled” and then suffer very frustratingly and unnecessarily because of their inability to help each other survive prison well.
• People who use prosthetic legs often need to take into account “how much” they are using their own legs, because insurance companies will take that into account when approving upgrades and new protheses.
• The horrible and incredible rules that govern the Access-A-Ride system in NYC, that’s meant to make this great city accessible for everyone, and yet manages to create a system that’s so chaotic that I can imagine why many people don’t / can’t use it. This includes forcing people to be waiting outside for the transit, with transit being allowed to arrive at any time within a 30 min window, but transit only has to wait for passengers for 5 mins. UGH
• The highest rates of sexual assault are for disabled people who cannot communicate their attacks.
• "audism" is the term for discrimination or prejudice against individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
I loved that this anthology included various speeches given in court, advocating for the advancement of disability protections and for making our country a better place. I also loved the inclusion of both advocating against eugenics in an anthology alongside an essay advocating to be pro-choice. I have never heard from the perspective of a disabled parent. I so often hear stories of abled parents caring for their disabled children, but not the other way around.
It was an informative and inclusive book and honestly I think everyone should read it.