Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Unabridged Selections

De: Alice Wong

Narrado por: Alejandra Ospina, Alice Wong

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

Reseñas de la Crítica

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

Great

I immensly enjoyed listening to this book, it was enlightening, entertaining, moving, and helped to expand my brain . I would recommend to all.

Must read!

The authors, Both contributors and editor, wrote beautiful, transportive, transformative stories. The narrator has a shining voice. I feel represented. May as many people as possible read this book. May disabled readers feel seen and empowered, and may non-disabled readers, whether allied yet or not, step into and appreciate our world. May all readers find something to learn along the way. Many thanks to all who made this work of art possible.

Required reading!!

Everyone needs to read this book, as a starting place for cultivating empathy & language around Disability Justice, or to feel the depths of solidarity this provided for me. Thank you for this project!

Amazing

I will recommend this book to everyone. It's such a good book that helps me to understand more about the disabled community. Each story is a unique experience, and this covers varied. I am sure that there will be one story that leaves you though

Incredible!

Exactly what we need! highly recommend to all disabled folx, stepping into our identities in new ways<3

This should be required reading for every high schooler student

These stories gave me insights into the lives of many people. We all know how hard it must be to live with a disability, but I didn’t realize all the ways I make it more difficult, mainly because of my indifference:( There is so much that can be done to make their lives a bit easier! I think if every teenager read this, they would contribute in making our world better for disabled people and all of us!

Great stories

It would have been easier and more enjoyable to listen if there were more voices. Narrating was a little monotone for me. Maybe a make and female reading each part

Must read for EVERYONE!

A comprehensive education of modern day Disability Rights told through first person stories and experiences of Disabled individuals. Beautifully written and edited. Job well done to Alice Wong and all of the individuals who shared their accounts.

Worth Reading

The stories are informative, inspire additional reading and calls policies and social norms into question.

powerful, vulnerable and honest

thank you for sharing these powerful, vulnerable, and honest stories of diverse lived experiences of disability.