From the Periphery
Subtitle: Real-Life Stories of Disability
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781641601580
Subjects: People with disabilities; Discrimination against people with disabilities
Description: "From the Periphery consists of more than thirty first-person narratives by activists and everyday people who describe what it's like to be treated differently by society because of their disabilities. Their stories are raw and painful but also surprisingly funny and deeply moving--describing anger, independence, bigotry, solidarity, and love, in the family, at school, and in the workplace. Inspired by the oral historians Studs Terkel and Svetlana Alexievich, From the Periphery will become a classic oral history collection that increases the understanding of the lived experiences of people with disabilities, their responses to oppression, and the strategies they use to fight for empowerment. "--