Category: Misc.

• ‘The Pedagogy of Pathologization’- Annamma, Subini Ancy

  Linking powerful first-person narratives with structural analysis, The Pedagogy of Pathologization explores the construction of criminal identities in schools via the intersections of race, disability, and gender. amid the prevalence of targeted mass incarceration. Focusing uniquely on the pathologization of female students of color, whose voices are frequently engulfed by labels of deviance and disability,…

  The Disability Archives

  16th Nov 2023

  A, Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Sociology

  Academic, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Education, Gender, Gender Politics, Legal Studies, Non-Fiction, POC, Politics, Race, Race Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’- Charlton, James I

  James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, C, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Academic, Activism, Disability Activism, Disability Rights, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘No Right to Be Idle’- Rose, Sarah F.

  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as “unproductive citizens.” Before that, disabled people had contributed as they were able in homes, on farms, and in the wage labor market, reflecting the fact that Americans had long viewed productivity as a spectrum that varied…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, R, Sociology

  Academic, American History, Disability History, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘The Minority Body’- Barnes, Elizabeth

  Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon–a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the…

  The Disability Archives

  24th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability

  Academic, Disability Pride, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Feminsim, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’- Findlay, Carly

  ‘My body and its place in the world seemed quite normal to me.’ ‘I didn’t grow up disabled, I grew up with a problem. A problem those around me wanted to fix.’ ‘We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.’ ‘The diagnosis helped but it didn’t fix everything.’ ‘Don’t fear the…

  The Disability Archives

  19th Oct 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, F, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story/ies, Terminal Illness

  Anthology, Australia, Autobiography, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability Representation, Disability Studies, Essay Anthology, Essays, Growing Up…In Australia, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Politics, Series, Short Stories, Short Story Anthology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘The Future Is Disabled’- Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi

  Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disabled. Piepzna-Samarasinha writes about the last two years of surviving COVID-19 as a disabled femme of color in an ableist world that isn’t interested in protecting disabled folks. They also discuss mutual aid and disabled joy in the face of isolation…

  The Disability Archives

  16th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, P, Queer, S

  Academic, Anthology, Art, COVID-19, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Essay Anthology, Essays, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Queer, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Feminist, Queer, Crip’- Kafer, Alison

  In Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challenging the ways in which ideas about the future and time have been deployed in the service of compulsory able-bodiedness and able-mindedness, Kafer rejects the idea of disability as a pre-determined limit. She juxtaposes theories, movements, and identities such as…

  The Disability Archives

  15th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, K, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Queer

  Academic, Body Politics, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Feminsim, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Exile and Pride’- Clare, Eli

  First published in 1999, Exile & Pride established Eli Clare as one of the leading writers on the intersections of queerness and disability. With this critical tenth-anniversary edition, the groundbreaking publication secures its position as essential to the history of queer and disability politics, and, through significant new material that boldly interrogates and advances the…

  The Disability Archives

  14th Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, C, Cerebral Palsy, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Genderqueer, Genre, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Accessibility, Cerebral Palsy, Disability History, Disability Politics, Genderqueer, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Politics, Queer History, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘Disfigured’- Leduc, Amanda

  In fairy tales, happy endings are the norm—as long as you’re beautiful and walk on two legs. After all, the ogre never gets the princess. And since fairy tales are the foundational myths of our culture, how can a girl with a disability ever think she’ll have a happy ending? By examining the ways that…

  The Disability Archives

  14th Oct 2023

  Academic, Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Fairy Tales, Genre, L, Literature Studies, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction

  Academic, Adult, Disability Justice, Disability Representation, Disability Studies, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Literature Studies, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Disability Visibility’- Wong, Alice

  One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Misc., Multi-Genre, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, W

  Anthology, Disability Visibility, Essay Anthology, Essays, Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story Anthology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience