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A memoir-in-essays from Rebekah Taussig, disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty, reflecting on identity, accessibility, and representation and processing a lifetime of memories to paint a more beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.
Rebekah Taussig has been paralyzed for as long as she can remember but didn't begin to unpack it until she was in her mid-twenties working on...
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"The summer before she was set to head out-of-state to pursue her MFA, 27-year-old Cole Cohen submitted herself to a battery of tests. For as long as she could remember, she'd struggled with a series of learning disabilities that made it nearly impossible to judge time and space. These symptoms had always kept her from getting a driver's license, which she wanted to have for grad school. Instead of leaving the doctor's office with permission to drive,...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Invitation to Dance is an eye-opening insider's account of disability in 21st century America. Simi Linton's story forms the narrative backbone of the documentary. The film traces both her personal growth as a disabled woman, and the larger historically significant developments around her over the past 40 years. Simi serves as navigator and tour guide to a world largely unknown, generally isolated, and commonly dismissed. In 1971, Simi Linton was...
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It Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
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xii, 191 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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English
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Recounts two-time women's motocross champion Ashley Fiolek's life-long deafness, her triumph over adversity, her rise to the top of her sport and how her family and Christian faith helped her get there.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America.
Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn't always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after...
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Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2015]
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Widescreen version.
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1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Chronicles the life and experiences of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Velasquez, from getting bullied in school and later online, to her multi-million-viewed TED talk, her work as a motivational speaker and as a lobbyist for the first federal anti-bullying bill.
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