Disabilty Rights

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Section Five

Section Five

From: Beryl

In this section the author describes Beryl’s later stages of life and her reflections on her work, her frustration with current government, and her legacy in the eyes of the public as well … 43 $4.30 Add
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Section Four

Section Four

From: Beryl

This section provides a look into Beryl’s fight for accessible public transport, her recognition by the Ontario government her command of storytelling to pursuade, and the beginning of her … 42 $4.20 Add
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Section One

Section One

From: Beryl

In this section, the author provides context to Beryl’s upbringing, and recounts her arrival to Canada, as well as her starting a family and suffering a tragic accident which alters her … 58 $5.80 Add
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Section Three

Section Three

From: Beryl

This section continues Beryl’s journey from life-changing accident to becoming a well known disability rights advocate, discussing the impact she was able to have and the struggles she … 62 $6.20 Add
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Section Two

Section Two

From: Beryl

In this section the author details the aftermath of Beryl’s accident and her subsequent problems with addiction, and her resilience and the start of her advocacy and activism. This section … 54 $5.40 Add
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Ship of Theseus: The Power Wheelchair User and the City
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Ship of Theseus: The Power Wheelchair User and the City

From: Living Disability

Angelo Muredda writes about his experience of using a power wheelchair in Toronto, including how it contributes to his mobility, its challenges, and its relationship to his own body. 8 $0.80 Add
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Sins Invalid’s Origin Story

Sins Invalid’s Origin Story

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include crip beauty and sexuality, ableism, historical eugenics, assumptions about disabled folks, intersectionality, medicalization, disability justice, activism through … 14 $1.40 Add
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Storytelling as Activism, as Crip-Centric Strategy

Storytelling as Activism, as Crip-Centric Strategy

From: Crip Kinship

Topics discussed include storytelling as a form of activism, silencing of the disabled and ill, empowering and using one’s own voice, historical lineages of oppression, mapping community, … 15 $1.50 Add
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Survival of the Fattest Disabled 2S in the North
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Survival of the Fattest Disabled 2S in the North

From: Living Disability

Valdine Alycia writes about their experience living in Northern Manitoba on Treaty 5 land as a fat, Two-Spirit person with roots in the Red River Métis Settlement. They relate these experiences … 7 $0.70 Add
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Taking Action: Gender-Based Violence, Disability, and the Social Determinants of Health

Taking Action: Gender-Based Violence, Disability, and the Social Determinants of Health

Disability and Abuse Women with Disabilities “Chat” about Violene Macro-and Micro-Structural Change Notes References

From: Not A New Problem

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The Answer
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The Answer

From: Making a Home

This chapter examines potential housing solutions for young people with disabilities. Independent living philosophy vs medical model is explored, and Powley discusses her own experience with … 59 $5.90 Add
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The Art of the Ordinary: The Challenge of Defining Interabled Relationships
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The Art of the Ordinary: The Challenge of Defining Interabled Relationships

From: Living Disability

Athena Cooper challenges the common understanding of what it means to be in an interabled relationship, writing about how she uses her art to challenge the idea that her relationship is extraordinary. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Depression Cooking Manifesto
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The Depression Cooking Manifesto

From: Living Disability

Sonali Menezes writes about creating the zine Depression Cooking, which responds to requests from hungry and depressed friends and family, and features recipes that are lower-effort and some more … 5 $0.50 Add
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The Healing Journey: Women with Disabilities and Intimate Partner Violence

The Healing Journey: Women with Disabilities and Intimate Partner Violence

The Healing Journey Project Disability and IPV Violence Against Women Results in and Causes Disability Service Use Among Women With and Without Disabilities Violence Against Disabled Women Cuts Both Ways Note References

From: Not A New Problem

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