Disability Visibility (Young Adults)

The seventeen eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining life's ableism and inequality, its challenges and losses, and celebrating its wisdom, passion, and joy.

 

The accounts in this collection ask readers to think about disabled people not as individuals who need to be "fixed," but as members of a community with its own history, culture, and movements. They offer diverse perspectives that speak to past, present, and future generations. It is essential reading for all.

Alice Wong is a disabled activist, media maker, and research consultant based in San Francisco. She is the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. From 2013 to 2015, Alice served as a member of the National Council on Disability, an appointment made by President Barack Obama. Alice is also the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people.

• Publisher: Delacorte Press (October 26, 2021)
• Language: English
• Hardcover: 160 pages
• ISBN-10: 059338167X
• ISBN-13: 9780593381670
• Reading age: 12 - 17 years
• Lexile measure: 1050L
• Grade level: 7 - 9
• Item Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Dimensions: 5.88 x 0.65 x 8.5 inches