num_pages: 224
description:  For psychotherapist painter feminist filmmaker writer and disability activist Harilyn Rousso hearing well-intentioned people tell her You're so inspirational! is patronizing not complimentary.In her empowering and at times confrontational memoir Don't Call Me Inspirational Rousso who has cerebral palsy describes overcoming the prejudice against disability--not overcoming disability. She addresses the often absurd and ignorant attitudes of strangers friends and family. Rousso also examines her own prejudice toward her disabled body and portrays the healing effects of intimacy and creativity as well as her involvement with the disability rights community. She intimately reveals herself with honesty and humor and measures her personal growth as she goes from passing to embracing and claiming her disability as a source of pride positive identity and rebellion. A collage of images about her life rather than a formal portrait Don't Call Me Inspirational celebrates Rousso's wise witty productive outrageous life disability and all.
language: English
title: Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back
publisher: Temple University Press