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\nDisability Visibility by \;Alice Wong
\n\n< p>A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and chal lenges of the modern \;disability \;experience: \;Disability V isibility \;brings together the voices of activists\, authors\, lawyer s\, politicians\, artists\, and everyday people whose daily lives are\, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus\, "an art . . . an ingenious way to l ive." According to the last census\, one in five people in the United Stat es 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\, act ivist Alice Wong brings together an urgent\, galvanizing collection of per sonal essays by contemporary disabled writers. There is Harriet McBryde Jo hnson's "Unspeakable Conversations\," which describes her famous debate wi th Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own person hood. There is c olumnist 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\, this anthology gives a glimpse o f the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience\, highlighti ng the passions\, talents\, and everyday lives of this community. It invit es readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebr ates and documents \;disability \;culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love.\n\nhttps://toledo.libne t.info/event/6998058 URL;VALUE=URI:https://toledo.libnet.info/event/6998058 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/toledo/disabilityvisibilit y.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR