The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. The title “Nothing Without Us Too” is written from the top to the centre in large black caps, except for “Too” which is written in red caps. Directly below this, in small white caps, the names of the editors “Cait Gordon” and “Talia C. Johnson”. Down the lower left side, written in a blue box in smaller white caps, the names of everyone who has contributed to the book. The background is a brick wall with splotches of blue. The title has been made to look like a fading and scratched painted on sign. The box with the list of contributors looks like thick spray paint. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Abuse
• Trauma
• Gaslighting
• Drug Use
• Overdose
• Death
• Parental Neglect
• Sexual Assault
• Gender Dysphoria
• Transphobia
• Suicidal Ideation
• Self-Harm
• Eugenics
• Ableism
• Mass Casualties

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Summary:

Multi-genre fiction where once again, we are the stars.

Nothing Without Us Too follows the theme of Nothing Without Us (a 2020 Prix Aurora Award finalist), featuring more stories by authors who are disabled, d/Deaf, Blind or visually impaired, neurodivergent, Spoonie, and/or who manage mental illness. The lived experiences of their protagonists are found across many demographics—such as race, culture, financial status, religion, gender, age, and/or sexual orientation. We want to present these stories because diversity is reality, and it belongs in literary and genre fiction.

So, whether we’re on Earth or carted away to a fantastical plain, these tales can teleport us elsewhere yet resonate deep within.

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Notes:

A list of people who contributed to this book:

• Amanda Leduc (Foreword)
• Jayne Barnard
• Meg Candelaria
• H.E. Casson
• Jessica Corra
• Matthew Del Papa
• Jen Desmarais
• Bernadette Gabay Dyer
• Ari Fletcher-Bai
• A. Gregory Frankson
• Tea Gerbeza
• Michelle F. Goddard
• Anita Goveas
• Dianna Gunn
• Anita Haas
• Juliet Hill
• Stephen Graham King
• B. Lawrence
• Rook Laz
• Melissa Mead
• Polly Orr
• Jessica Peter
• Erin Rockfort
• N.R.M Roshak
• Holly Schofield
• Avi Silver
• Cathy Smith
• Sienna Tristen

An incomplete list of disabilities and chronic illnesses that may be found in this book:

• Physical Disability
• Neurodivergence
• Mental Health
• Visual Impairment
• Hearing Impairment
• Chronic Illness
• Sensory Impairment
• Autism
• Anaemia
• cPTSD
• ADHD
• Chronic Pain
• Depression
• Traumatic Injury
• Leg Amputation
• Arm Amputation
• Wheelchair User
• Prosthetics
• Glaucoma
• Delusions
• Dissociative Disorder
• Infertility
• Trichotillomania
• Eating Disorder
• Chronic Fatigue
• Anxiety
• Wrist Braces
• Tourette’s Syndrome
• Invisible Disability
• Scoliosis
• Intestinal Malrotation
• Deaf
• Down Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy
• PTSD
• Trauma
• Schizoaffective Disorder

There are 27 stories in this anthology. Each story contains a list of their own content warnings at the beginning.

There is a kindle edition.

Link to the Nothing Without Us Anthology website

Link to Cait Gordon’s Website

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Archivist Comments:

Shoutout to the amazing Just Geeking By blog, whose review included both an extensive list of content warnings and a list of the disability representation in this book. Here is a link to the review in question.

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