Reviews

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

alexandrasthings's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

em_me_em's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective

4.5

amyy_books's review against another edition

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.75

lknano's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Woah, what a journey this books put me through! As someone who has a chronic illness since their childhood some stories resonated with me to a degree that I have never previously experienced when reading another book (be it non-fiction or fiction). It made me reflect on my own condition and the diversity within the disabled community. Some stories were poignant, others informative and inspiring, but all expanded on the definition (and experience) of what it means to be disabled and being beyond or beside that. However, I do think that it’s a shame that the book is mostly USA centric (yes, there is some mention about Asia, but not nearly enough). It would be great if perhaps authors from different countries were included too (I highly doubt that there is a lack of disabled authors in other parts of the world). But otherwise, an intriguing and provocative read for anyone (abled, non-abled, queer, etc).

what_should_i_read_today's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

vverbatim7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

readwithrhys's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

moonlitface's review against another edition

4.0

insightful, important read

fth0tfitzgerald's review against another edition

Alt i alt absolut fantastisk!

En bog der på en gang har foræret mig så mange nye perspektiver, og samtid vist mig selv i andre.
Det var ikke alle teksterne jeg elskede, en enkelt sprang jeg halt over, andre følte jeg mig lidt for sammenknappet til. 
I en bog der er så inkluderende følte jeg mig nogle gange klemt, peget fingre ad eller lignende, men det er de følelser der også er værd at tage med. Hvis jeg ikke bare vil svælge i mit eget handicap-liv bliver jeg nødt til at udvide mine perspektiver. At se det bredere spektrum af livet som handicappet. For når alle vores forskelle er talt op, ender vi alligevel med at have mere til fælles. 
Der er en verden af mennesker derude der alle har de samme oplevelser som mig, og nu kan jeg kun ønske at komme ud og møde dem i virkligheden. 

chekareadswhat's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0