Tag: Activism

• ‘We Move Together’- Fritsch, Kelly. McGuire, Anne. Trejos, Eduardo.

  A bold and colorful exploration of all the ways that people navigate through the spaces around them and a celebration of the relationships we build along the way. We Move Together follows a mixed-ability group of kids as they creatively negotiate everyday barriers and find joy and connection in disability culture and community. A perfect…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Feb 2024

  Author, Book Type, Cane User, Cochlear Implant, Contemporary, Crutch User, Disability, Disability Aid User, F, Feeding Tube User, Fiction, Forearm Crutch User, Genre, Guide Dog User, Hearing Aid User, Hearing Disability, LGBTQ+, M, Mobility Aid User, Mobility Scooter User, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, T, Ventilator User, Visual Disability, Walker User, Wheelchair User, White Cane User

  Accessibility, Activism, Animals, Canada, Cane User, Childrens, Cochlear Implant, Disability Accommodation, Disability Activism, Feeding Tube User, Fiction, Forearm Crutch User, Guide Dog User, Hearing Aid User, Hearing Disability, LGBTQ+, Mobility Aids, Mobility Scooter User, Multiple Disability, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Picture Book, POC, Sign Language, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Ventilator User, Visual Disability, Walker User, Wheelchair User, White Cane User

• ‘Year of the Tiger’- Wong, Alice

  From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed anthology Disability Visibility, a genre-bending memoir in essays offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability rights. In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its beauty and…

  The Disability Archives

  7th Dec 2023

  Adult, Age, Anthology, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Disability, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Muscular Dystrophy, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, W

  Activism, Adult, Anthology, Disability Visibility, Essay Anthology, Essays, Memoir, Muscular Dystrophy, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘The War on Disabled People’- Clifford, Ellen

  In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for “grave and systematic violations” of disabled people’s rights. Since then, driven by the Tory government’s obsessive drive to slash public spending whilst scapegoating the most disadvantaged in society, the situation for disabled people in Britain has continued to deteriorate. Punitive welfare regimes, the…

  The Disability Archives

  7th Dec 2023

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

  Ableism, Academic, Activism, Capitalism, Disability Politics, England, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, UK, UK Politics

• ‘Sitting Pretty’- Taussig, Rebekah

  A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Adult, Age, Anthology, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Aid User, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Mobility Aid User, Non-Fiction, Paralysis, Physical Disability, T, Wheelchair User

  Activism, Adult, Autobiography, Disability Representation, Essay Anthology, Essays, Memoir, Mobility Aids, Non-Fiction, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA, Wheelchair User

• ‘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

• ‘Disability Pride’- Mattlin, Ben

  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 Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose.…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, M, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Pride, History, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The ADA, USA

• ‘Crip Kinship’- Kafai, Shayda

  The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the disabled community, and to call out ableist culture wherever it appears. Crip Kinship explores the art activism…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

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

  Activism, American History, Art, Art History, Disability Activism, Disability Art, Disability History, Disability Justice, History, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sins Invalid, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Care Work’- Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi

  In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all. Care Work is a mapping…

  The Disability Archives

  13th Sep 2023

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

  Activism, Anthology, Disability Activism, Disability Justice, Disability Studies, Essay Anthology, Essays, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Capitalism and Disability’- Russell, Marta

  This book comprises a collection of groundbreaking writings by Marta Russell on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. Spread out over many years and many different publications, the late author and activist Marta Russell wrote a number of groundbreaking and insightful essays on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism. In this…

  The Disability Archives

  13th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Philosophy, R

  Activism, Anthology, Capitalism, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, Economics, Essay Anthology, Essays, History, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Politics, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘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