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Saeed Jones on Queer Masculinity and the Point of Being an Artist

By Nawal Arjini — 2019

We talked to the writer about his debut memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and his move from poetry to prose.

Read on www.thenation.com

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Golem Girl: A Memoir

The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies What do we sacrifice in the pursuit of normalcy? And what becomes possible when we embrace monstrosity? Can we envision a world that...

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Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution

“If I didn’t fight, who would?” Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust-surviving parents in New York City, Judy had a drive for equality that was instilled early in life.

Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

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Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found

Even a darkening world can be brilliantly lit from within.

Rebecca A. Alexander, Sascha Alper

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If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny

Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don’t Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future.

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Changing the Way We Talk About Disability | Amy Oulton | TEDxBrighton

You can take a wheelchair just about anywhere. Amy addresses societal perceptions of disability and her vision for how we all change the way we approach disability.

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Disabled Person OR Person With a Disability?

Today we are discussing a popular topic; is it more appropriate to say disabled person or person with a disability (PWD)? Well, it all depends on how an individual identifies, there are strong feelings about each.

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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage. Haben grew up spending summers with her family in the enchanting Eritrean city of Asmara.

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Disability and Body Image

Discussing what I think are the 5 biggest challenges that disabled people face in developing a healthy/positive body image and how I tackle them.

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Miracle Boy Grows Up: How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity

Ben Mattlin lives a normal, independent life. Why is that interesting? Because Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital muscle weakness from which he was expected to die in childhood.

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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.

Rebekah Taussig

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