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According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden--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 an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers.There is Harriet McBryde Johnson's "Unspeakable Conversations," which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith's…
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Editions
5 editions- Paperback · English · 2020Vintage · 336 pages · 9781984899422
- Other · English · 2023Random House Children's Books · 9780593381700
- Other · English · 2021Delacorte Press · 160 pages · 9780593381687
- Other · English · 2021Random House Children's Books · 160 pages · 9780593381670
- Other · English · 2020Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 240 pages · 9781984899439
People with disabilities, biographySociology of disabilitySociologyPeople with disabilitiesBiographySocial conditionsJuvenile literature
