Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists\, authors\, lawyers\, politicians\, artists\, and ever yday people whose daily lives are\, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus \, "an art ... an ingenious way to live." According to the last census\, o ne in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are v isible\, some are hidden--but all are underrepresented in media and popula r culture. Now\, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the America ns with Disabilities Act\, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent\, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writer s. There is Harriet McBryde Johnson's "Unspeakable Conversations\," which describes her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over h er own personhood. There is columnist s. e. smith's celebratory review of a work of theater by disabled performers. There are original pieces by up- and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma. There are blog posts\, manifestos\, eulogies\, and testimonies to Congress. Taken together\, thi s anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the dis abled experience\, highlighting the passions\, talents\, and everyday live s of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love.
\n\nBook copies will be available on the third floor of the MLK Library upon r equest to staff.
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