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• A Disability History of the United States

  Nielsen, Kim E

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  The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not only the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enabling Acts

  the Hidden Story of How the Americans With Disabilities Act Gave the Largest Us Minority Its Rights

  Davis, Lennard J., 1949-

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  A behind-the-scenes account of the passing of the ADA—the moment when millions of Americans won their civil rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging and most comprehensive piece of civil rights legislation ever passed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Demystifying Disability

  What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally

  Ladau, Emily, 1991-

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  An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more inclusive place ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Future Is Disabled

  Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

  Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, 1975-

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  In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled—and what if that's not a bad thing? And what if disability justice and disabled wisdom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disability Visibility

  First-person Stories From the Twenty-first Century

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  A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disability Pride

  Dispatches From a post-ADA World

  Mattlin, Ben, 1962-

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  An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Disability Rights Movement

  From Charity to Confrontation

  Fleischer, Doris Zames

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  In this updated edition, Doris Zames Fleischer and Frieda Zames expand their encyclopedic history of the struggle for disability rights in the United States, to include the past ten years of disability rights activism.The book includes a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Heumann

  An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

  Heumann, Judith E.,

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  One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Identify as Blind

  a Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power

  Lachi (Singer),

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  With style and straight talk, musician and changemaker Lachi flips disability and neurodivergence into an empowering identity, a cultural movement, and an innovation engine What if the most taboo parts of our identity—the parts we’re taught to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disability Intimacy

  Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

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  The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Inspiration Porn

  Essays

  O'Connell, Ryan, 1986-

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  Hilarious and bawdy musings on disability, sex, family, and Hollywood, from Emmy-winning writer and creator of the Netflix series Special. For years, Ryan O'Connell wished he was different. Raised in a small Southern California beach town described…Read moreRead more of this annotation