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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong

15 reviews

biacedbooks's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Very informative about living with a disability. I like that it was intersectional and talked about being queer, trans, BIPOC, etc., and how that relates to disability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence

solenekeleroux's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

leighannebfd3b's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Transphobia

caidyn's review

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.5

If you want a collection of essays that highlight disabled living, I highly recommend it. I've found that I don't know much about disabled life because I'm an abled person in an ableist society. And, I wanted to do something about it so I can properly help a diverse set of populations in my career and personal life. I really enjoyed these essays and how broad they were, although they all talked about ableism and how our society is set up to shunt disabled people to the side. It talks about the intersections of race, sexuality, gender, and class. It really is a great read, although hard to stomach at times. I highly recommend it and plan on having a finished copy so I can revisit it as needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Moderate: Abortion

yasminreads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Incredible insight into so many different personal experiences. I bought this book with the intention of educating myself but I gained so much more. The joy, strength and spirit of each writer is palpable. Its a very well curated book where each essay is as good as the one before. Each piece of writing will include a content warning if required so if any I've listed put you off, just know that they are not applicable to the entire work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Death of parent