Disability visibility 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults

According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden-- but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. In...

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Other Authors: Wong, Alice, 1974- (Editor)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden-- but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. Inside you will find activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives include the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience. They invite readers to question their own assumptions and understandings, while documenting disability culture in the now.-- adapted from original edition
Item Description:"This work is based on Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, introduction and compilation copyright © 2020 by Alice Wong, published in paperback by Vintage Books, an division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:xviii, 139 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 12 up
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780593381670
059338167X
9780593381687
0593381688
Author Notes:Alice Wong was a disabled activist, media maker, and research consultant based in San Francisco. She was 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 was also the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people.