About us : essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times / edited and introduced by Peter Catapano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson ; foreword by Andrew Solomon.

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Based on the New York Times series, About Us captures the voices of a community that has been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking The authors in About Us offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them.... the stories here reveal the range of responses, and the variety of...

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Main Author: Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie (Author, Editor)
Other Authors: Catapano, Peter (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
People with disabilities.
Sociology of disability.
Disability studies.
Essays.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:xxxiii, 286 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 0 |g I. Justice --  |t Becoming disabled /  |r Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --  |t The Nazi's first victims were the disabled /  |r Kenny Fries --  |t Mental illness is not a horror show /  |r Andrew Solomon --  |t Disability and the right to choose /  |r Jennifer Bartlett --  |t If you're in a wheelchair, segregation lives /  |r Luticha Doucette --  |t My Medicaid, my life /  |r Alice Wong --  |t You are special! Now stop being different /  |r Jonathan Mooney --  |t Brain injury and the civil right we don't think about /  |r Joseph J. Fins --  |g II. Belonging --  |t I don't want to be "inspiring" /  |r John Altmann --  |t The deaf body in public space /  |r Rachel Kolb --  |t My "orphan disease" has given me a new family /  |r Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --  |t My life with Tourette Syndrome /  |r Shane Fistell --  |t The everyday anxiety of the stutterer /  |r Joseph P. Carter --  |t How to really see a blind person /  |r Brad Snyder --  |t The importance of facial equality /  |r Ariel Henley --  |t Finding refuge with the skin I'm in /  |r Anne Kaier --  |t What it means to heal /  |r Cyndi Jones --  |g III. Working --  |t I use a wheelchair. And yes, I'm your doctor /  |r Cheri A. Blauwet --  |t Standing up for what I need /  |r Carol R. Steinberg --  |t Where all bodies are exquisite /  |r Riva Lehrer --  |t I lost my voice, but help others find theirs /  |r Alex Hubbard --  |t The "Madman" is back in the building /  |r Zack McDermott --  |t Hildegard's visions, and mine /  |r Jenny Giering --  |t Finding myself on the page /  |r Ona Gritz --  |t Should I tell my students I have depression? /  |r Abby L. Wilkerson --  |t We are the original lifehackers /  |r Liz Jackson --  |g IV. Navigating --  |t My supercharged,tricked out, bluetooth wheelchair life force /  |r Katie Savin --  |t New York has a great subway, if you're not in a wheelchair /  |r Sasha Blair-Goldensohn --  |t A symbol for "nobody" that's really for everybody /  |r Elizabeth Guffey --  |t Feeling my way into blindness /  |r Edward Hoagland --  |t The athlete in me won't stop /  |r Todd Balf --  |t The dawn of the "Tryborg" /  |r Jillian Weise --  |t Flying while blind /  |r Georgina Kleege --  |g V. Coping --  |t My life with paralysis, it's a workout /  |r Valerie Piro --  |t My $1,000 anxiety attack /  |r Joanna Novak --  |t When life gave me lemons, I had a panic attack /  |r Gila Lyons --  |t Am I too embarrassed to save my life? /  |r Jane Eaton Hamilton --  |t My paralympic blues /  |r Emily Rapp Black --  |t The hawk can soar /  |r Randi Davenport --  |g VI. Love --  |t A girlfriend of my own /  |r Daniel Simpson --  |t Love, eventually /  |r Ona Gritz --  |t How to play the online dating game, in a wheelchair /  |r Emily Ladau --  |t Explaining our bodies, finding ourselves /  |r Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison --  |t Longing for the male gaze /  |r Jennifer Bartlett --  |t Intimacy without touch /  |r Elizabeth Jameson and Catherine Monahon --  |t The three-legged dog who carried me /  |r Laurie Clements Lambeth --  |g VII. Family --  |t Passing my disability on to my children /  |r Sheila Black --  |t I have diabetes. Am I to blame? /  |r Rivers Solomon --  |t 10 things my chronic illness taught my children /  |r Paula M. Fitzgibbons --  |t The importance of finding family /  |r Alaina Leary --  |t Trying to embrace a "cure" /  |r Sheila Black --  |t In my mother's eyes, and mine /  |r Catherine Kudlick --  |t A portrait of intimate violence /  |r Anne Finger --  |g VIII. Joy --  |t Mishearings /  |r Oliver Sacks --  |t Space travel : a vision /  |r Daniel Simpson --  |t Learning to sing again /  |r Anne Kaier --  |t Sensations of sound : on deafness and music /  |r Rachel Kolb --  |t I dance because I can /  |r Alice Sheppard --  |t Stories about disability don't have to be sad /  |r Melissa Shang --  |t In my chronic illness, I found a deeper meaning /  |r Elliot Kukla --  |t A disabled life is a life worth living /  |r Ben Mattlin.choose /  |r Jennifer Bartlett --  |t If you're in a wheelchair, segregation lives /  |r Luticha Doucette --  |t My Medicaid, my life /  |r Alice Wong --  |t You are special! Now stop being different /  |r Jonathan Mooney --  |t Brain injury and the civil right we don't think about /  |r Joseph J. Fins --  |g II. Belonging --  |t I don't want to be "inspiring" /  |r John Altmann --  |t The deaf body in public space /  |r Rachel Kolb --  |t My "orphan disease" has given me a new family /  |r Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --  |t My life with Tourette Syndrome /  |r Shane Fistell --  |t The everyday anxiety of the stutterer /  |r Joseph P. Carter --  |t How to really see a blind person /  |r Brad Snyder --  |t The importance of facial equality /  |r Ariel Henley --  |t Finding refuge with the skin I'm in /  |r Anne Kaier --  |t What it means to heal /  |r Cyndi Jones --  |g III. Working --  |t I use a wheelchair. And yes, I'm your doctor /  |r Cheri A. Blauwet --  |t Standing up for what I need /  |r Carol R. Steinberg --  |t Where all bodies are exquisite /  |r Riva Lehrer --  |t I lost my voice, but help others find theirs /  |r Alex Hubbard --  |t The "Madman" is back in the building /  |r Zack McDermott --  |t Hildegard's visions, and mine /  |r Jenny Giering --  |t Finding myself on the page /  |r Ona Gritz --  |t Should I tell my students I have depression? /  |r Abby L. Wilkerson --  |t We are the original lifehackers /  |r Liz Jackson --  |g IV. Navigating --  |t My supercharged,tricked out, bluetooth wheelchair life force /  |r Katie Savin --  |t New York has a great subway, if you're not in a wheelchair /  |r Sasha Blair-Goldensohn --  |t A symbol for "nobody" that's really for everybody /  |r Elizabeth Guffey --  |t Feeling my way into blindness /  |r Edward Hoagland --  |t The athlete in me won't stop /  |r Todd Balf --  |t The dawn of the "Tryborg" /  |r Jillian Weise --  |t Flying while blind /  |r Georgina Kleege --  |g V. Coping --  |t My life with paralysis, it's a workout /  |r Valerie Piro --  |t My $1,000 anxiety attack /  |r Joanna Novak --  |t When life gave me lemons, I had a panic attack /  |r Gila Lyons --  |t Am I too embarrassed to save my life? /  |r Jane Eaton Hamilton --  |t My paralympic blues /  |r Emily Rapp Black --  |t The hawk can soar /  |r Randi Davenport --  |g VI. Love --  |t A girlfriend of my own /  |r Daniel Simpson --  |t Love, eventually /  |r Ona Gritz --  |t How to play the online dating game, in a wheelchair /  |r Emily Ladau --  |t Explaining our bodies, finding ourselves /  |r Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison --  |t Longing for the male gaze /  |r Jennifer Bartlett --  |t Intimacy without touch /  |r Elizabeth Jameson and Catherine Monahon --  |t The three-legged dog who carried me /  |r Laurie Clements Lambeth --  |g VII. Family --  |t Passing my disability on to my children /  |r Sheila Black --  |t I have diabetes. Am I to blame? /  |r Rivers Solomon --  |t 10 things my chronic illness taught my children /  |r Paula M. Fitzgibbons --  |t The importance of finding family /  |r Alaina Leary --  |t Trying to embrace a "cure" /  |r Sheila Black --  |t In my mother's eyes, and mine /  |r Catherine Kudlick --  |t A portrait of intimate violence /  |r Anne Finger --  |g VIII. Joy --  |t Mishearings /  |r Oliver Sacks --  |t Space travel : a vision /  |r Daniel Simpson --  |t Learning to sing again /  |r Anne Kaier --  |t Sensations of sound : on deafness and music /  |r Rachel Kolb --  |t I dance because I can /  |r Alice Sheppard --  |t Stories about disability don't have to be sad /  |r Melissa Shang --  |t In my chronic illness, I found a deeper meaning /  |r Elliot Kukla --  |t A disabled life is a life worth living /  |r Ben Matlin. 
520 |a Based on the New York Times series, About Us captures the voices of a community that has been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking The authors in About Us offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them.... the stories here reveal the range of responses, and the variety of consequences, to being labeled as "disabled" by the broader public." 
520 |a Since its 2016 debut, the New York Times "Disability" column has transformed the national dialogue around disability. This collection of essays from the column captures the voices of a community that has been stereotyped and misrepresented. The authors offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them, and in doing so reveal the range of responses, and the variety of consequences, to being labeled as "disabled" by the broader public. -- adapted from jacket 
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