num_pages: 309
description: One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible others less apparentbut all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.From Harriet McBryde Johnsons account of her debate with Peter Singer over her own personhood to original pieces by authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts manifestos and eulogies to Congressional testimonies and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience highlighting the passions talents and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.
language: English
title: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
publisher: Vintage