Category: Non-Fiction

• ‘Black Disability Politics’- Schalk, Sami

  In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply tied to race and racism. She points out that this work has not…

  The Disability Archives

  11th Sep 2023

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

  Academic, Activism, American History, Black Activism, Black Politics, Black Writer, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Being Seen’- Sjunneson, Elsa

  A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else. As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of…

  The Disability Archives

  10th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Autobiography, Blind, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Deaf, Deafblind, Disability, Genre, Hearing and Visual Disability, Hearing Disability, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction, Queer, S, Visual Disability

  Ableism, Activism, Deafblind, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Representation, Hearing and Visual Disability, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘The Architecture of Disability’- Gissen, David

  A radical critique of architecture that places disability at the heart of the built environment Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

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

  Academic, Accessibility, Architecture, Disability Studies, Inaccessibility, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘A Quick & Easy Guide to Sex & Disability’- Andrews, A

  A quick, easy, and educational comic book guide that will help change the way we talk about sex and sexuality for all bodies. “This guide can help disabled people (and their partners) on their journey toward self-love, better communication, and confidence.” –– Alice Wong, Founder and Director, Disability Visibility Project All different kinds of bods…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

  A, Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Genre, Graphic Novels, Guidebook, LGBTQ+, Misc., New Adult, Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Young Adult

  A Quick & Easy Guide, Adult, Graphic Novel, Guidebook, LGBTQ+, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Series, Sex, Sex and Disability, Submitted Book, Young Adult

• ‘All the Way to the Top’- Pimentel, Annette Bay

  Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this autobiographical picture book. This is the story of a little girl who just wanted to go, even when others tried to stop her. Jennifer Keelan was determined to make a change―even if she was just a kid.…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

  A, Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, C, Cerebral Palsy, Childrens, Disability, Disability Aid User, Genre, Historical, Memoir, Mobility Aid User, Non-Fiction, P, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Wheelchair User

  Activism, Cerebral Palsy, Childrens, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Historical, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Politics, Social Issues, Submitted Book, The ADA, The Capitol Crawl, USA, Wheelchair User

• ‘A Disability History of the United States’- Nielsen, Kim E.

  The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just 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 of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability…

  The Disability Archives

  8th Sep 2023

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

  Academic, Activism, American History, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Eugenics, Feminsim, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education’- Dolmage, Jay Timothy

  Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education, and rewrites the spaces, times, and economies of disability in higher education to place disability front and center. For too long, argues Jay Timothy Dolmage, disability has been constructed as the antithesis of…

  The Disability Archives

  8th Sep 2023

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

  Ableism, Academia, Academic, Accessibility, Architecture, Disability in Education, Disability Studies, Education, Eugenics, Higher Education, History, Inaccessibility, Inclusivity, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Sociology, Submitted Book