Tag: Healthcare

• ‘We’re Not Broken’- Garcia, Eric

  “This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language.” With a…

  The Disability Archives

  30th Mar 2024

  Academic, Age, Author, Autism, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, G, Genre, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction

  Autism, Creative Non-Fiction, Education, Healthcare, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, POC, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘My Body and Other Crumbling Empires’- Medford, Lyndsey

  We are living in a world that is sick. Both literally sick, with 60 percent of adults in the US living with a chronic illness and rising rates of autoimmune diseases in particular, including long COVID, and figuratively sick, facing ever increasing rates of burnout, anxiety, and disconnection. As a writer, activist, and theology student,…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Behcet’s Syndrome, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Genre, M, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction

  Ableism, Accessibility, Behcet’s Disease, Chronic Illness, Healthcare, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’- Skloot, Rebecca

  Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Autobiography, Book Type, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Non-Fiction, S, Terminal Illness

  American History, Biographical, Biopolitics, Black Politics, Body Politics, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability History, Disability Studies, Healthcare, Henrietta Lacks, Journalism, Medical Consent, Medical Justice, Non-Fiction, POC, Racialised Medical Care, Read By Archivist, Science, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Terminal Illness, USA

• ‘It’s Just Nerves’- Davio, Kelly

  “When the body attacks itself, the crisis is not just of bones and blood, but of beauty and boundaries. ‘Strange men have had their hands on me for days,’ Kelly Davio observes during a plasma treatment. Her skillful portrait of myasthenia gravis does not exist in a vacuum. It’s Just Nerves is in keen dialogue…

  The Disability Archives

  19th Oct 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, D, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Myasthenia Gravis, Neurological, Non-Fiction

  Anthology, Body Politics, Disability Representation, Essay Anthology, Essays, Healthcare, Myasthenia Gravis, Nerological Condition, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure’- Clare, Eli

  In Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. Clare grapples…

  The Disability Archives

  11th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, C, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genderqueer, Genre, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Queer

  Academic, Anthology, Cure Politics, Disability Activism, Disability Politics, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Essay Anthology, Essays, Healthcare, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book