Disability Studies

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Reflections and Final Thoughts

Reflections and Final Thoughts

From: Disability and Social Change

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Remembering Winter
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Remembering Winter

From: Living Disability

Emily Macrae writes about the difficulties she has as someone who limps getting around in the snow, as well as her twin brother’s experience in a wheelchair in the winter. She discusses different … 9 $0.90 Add
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Representation: Writing Up/Down

Representation: Writing Up/Down

From: Doing Respectful Research

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Research Ethics and Qualitative Research

Research Ethics and Qualitative Research

From: Doing Respectful Research

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Ritualizing Queer Care

Ritualizing Queer Care

From: The Care We Dream Of

In this chapter, the author writes a memoir of a friend’s death due to the indifference of the health care system, while also describing her experience of heath care indifference with an … 6 $0.60 Add
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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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Seeing the Bigger Picture

Seeing the Bigger Picture

From: Breaking the Word Barrier

Noeline Bridge recounts the story of Dennis. The story discusses his working life, challenges, unions, and more. 4 $0.40 Add
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Setting the Parameters

Setting the Parameters

From: Doing Respectful Research

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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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Sick and Crazy Healer

Sick and Crazy Healer

A Not-So-Brief Personal History of the Healing Justice Movement

From: Care Work

An exploration of the healing justice movement and the organizing principles of the Healing & Health Justice Collective. 17 $1.70 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