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Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
"The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms. What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another...
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Publisher
Hillman Grad Books, a Zando imprint
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism that detonates a bomb in our collective understanding of care and illness, showing us that sickness is a fact of life. In the wake of the 2014 Ferguson riots, and sick with a chronic condition that rendered them housebound, Johanna Hedva turned to the page to ask: How do you throw a brick through the window of a bank if you can't get out of bed? It was...
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Publisher
Feminist Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Shahd Alshammari is just eighteen when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and told by her neurologist that she would not make it past age thirty. Despite what she is told, by thirty, she has become a professor of literature, and has managed to navigate education systems in both Kuwait and the United Kingdom and inspire generations of students. Head above Water is the intimate, philosophical memoir of Shahd Alshammari's life of triumph and...
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Publisher
Lived Places Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
What might it look like for an Autistic, non-binary person who lives with mental illness to live well and with hope? In this book, author and advocate Yenn Purkis reflects on their experiences of life as an Autistic non-binary person who has a diagnosis of atypical schizophrenia. Exploring the intersecting areas of mental health and illness, neurodivergence and neurodiversity, and gender non-conformity, the narrative follows Yenn through experiences...
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Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Presents essays originally appearing in the New York times "Disability" column, providing accounts of the experiences of people with disabilities as well as those of their families, coworkers, and individuals in their support networks, including such topics as first romance, childhood shame and isolation, segregation, professional ambition, childbearing and parenting, and aging.
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