…So Here’s The Problem With “Raising Awareness”
I’ve got a beef with Awareness Days. A big one – it’s ever-present and ever-growing. It’s an elephant in my room that needs to be let out. It’s one of…
Beyond Calamity: A South Sudanese Refugee’s Story by Esther Simbi
Beyond Calamity: A South Sudanese Refugee’s Story is a memoir by Esther Simbi, and her journey as a refugee with a disability. The memoir follows her early years and upbringing…
Please Don’t Hug Me by Kay Kerr
“A friend isn’t just who they are to you, but who you are and who you feel you can be when you’re with them“ Please Don’t Hug Me is the…
The Girl From Aleppo by Nujeen Mustafa with Christina Lamb
“Your homeland is not a hotel you can check out of if the service is bad” The Girl from Aleppo is a memoir about a teenager with a disability, and…
Say Hello by Carly Findlay
“Why is it more important to defend yourself from accusations of ableism than to listen to my story of experiencing it?” Say Hello is an important book if you’re going…
Disability in Conversation | Awkward Encounters of the Ableist Kind
Having a visible disability means that sometimes when I meet strangers they’re very keen to talk about disability, and something that they know about it. For the most part, I…
Disability In Language | Disabled vs Disability
Language has always been a huge interest for me and I’m forever interested in the terminology used concerning disability. This interest is probably going to become a series of posts…
Laughing at my Nightmare by Shane Burcaw
Having only “discovered” Shane Burcaw and his work fairly recently, I’m a bit late to the party of Laughing At My Nightmare (I mean he’s already written an entirely new book, Strangers Assume…