The accounts in this collection ask readers to think about disabled people not as individuals who need to be “fixed,” but as members of a community with its own history, culture, and movements. They offer diverse perspectives that speak to past, present, and future generations. It is essential reading for all.
For Ages 12-17
Contents
Introduction by Alice Wong
Part 1: Being
If You Can’t Far, Give
Maysoon Zayid
There’s a Mathematical Equation That Proves I’m Ugly-or So I Learned in My Seventh-Grade Art Class
Ariel Henley
When You Are Waiting to Be Healed
June Erie-Udorie
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison
Jeremy Woody, as told by Christie Thompson
Part 2: Becoming
We Can’t Go Back
Ricardo T. Thorton Sr.
Guide Dogs Don’t Lead Blind People. We Wander as One.
Haben Girma
Canfei to Canji: The Freedom of Being Loud
Sandy Ho
Nurturing Black Disabled Joy
Keah Brown
Selma Blair Became a Disabled Icon Overnight
Zipporah Arielle
Part 3: Doing
So.Not.Broken.
Alice Sheppard
Incontinence Is a Public Health Issue – and We Need to Talk About It
Mari Ramsawakh
Falling/Burning: Being a Bipolar Creator
Shoshana Kessock
Gaining Power Through Communication Access
Lateef McLeod
Part 4: Connecting
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: Activist, Abolitionist, Dwarf Person
Eugene Grant
Love Means Never Having to Say…Anything
Jamison Hill
On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand-Me-Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements
Stacey Milbern
The Beauty of Spaces Created for and by Disabled People
s.e. smith
About the Editor
About the Contributors
Further Reading
Permission Acknowledgments
“…this is essential reading.” —School Library Journal, starred review
“…uplifting anthology.” —Booklist, starred review
“This is a wide-ranging collection presenting diverse and compelling voices. Ardently, intimately political instead of passively inspirational: will galvanize young activists.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“This collection is a powerhouse and vital reading.” —Bookriot.com
"The seventeen essays provide powerful and empathetic windows into living with (or, often, learning to live with and coming to terms with) a broad range of disabilities." —The Horn Book
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