Disability Studies
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From  Beyond the Social Model of DisabilityEngaging in Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice |
This chapter addresses anti-oppressive social work practice with people with disabilities. The authors highlight the importance of language in the social construction of disability and expanding … | Irene Carter; Judy MacDonald; Roy Hanes | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Breaking Barriers: My Journey as a Hard-of-Hearing Candidate in Toronto’s Municipal ElectionFrom: Living Disability |
Igor Samardzic writes about running for city council in Toronto in 2022 as a disabled person. He discusses his experience of hearing loss, his use of hearing aids, and how his relationship with … | Igor Samardzic | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
 Breaking the Word BarrierStories of Adults Learning to Read |
In this compelling collection of first-person stories, adults who have made outstanding achievements in adult literacy were paired with writers to tell of their transition to reading. These are … | 128 | View | ||
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From  Care WebsExperiments in Creating Collective Access From: Care Work |
An essay about how sick and disabled people create care networks to live with autonomy and dignity. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 37 | 2018 | $3.70 Add |
Care WorkDreaming of Disability Justice |
In their new, long-awaited collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and long-time disability justice activist and performance artist Leah Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 266 | 2018 | View |
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From  NEW! Chapter 1: “We Were Maybe Not Going to Save the World, but We Were Going to Save Each Other”: How Disabled Mutual Aid Is Different than Abled Mutual AidPART I: DISABILITY JUSTICE IN THE END TIME From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter explores how disbaled people supported and kept each other alive during Covid-19. It reflects on the difficulties of the pandemic for disabled people, "crip skills," … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 10: Disability Justice Writing, the Beauty and the DifficultyPART II: THE STORIES THAT KEEP US ALIVE: DISABILITY JUSTICE ARTS IN THE INTERREGNUM From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter is on disability justice writing. Topics include creating crip spaces, disabled art/literature and artists/writers, writing about death and grief, creative spaces, education and … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 11: Autistic Long-Form, Short-Form, No-Form, Echotextia: Autistic Poetic FormsPART II: THE STORIES THAT KEEP US ALIVE: DISABILITY JUSTICE ARTS IN THE INTERREGNUM From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter is on autistic art, creativity, and language. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 8 | 2022 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 12: Cripping the Book TourPART II: THE STORIES THAT KEEP US ALIVE: DISABILITY JUSTICE ARTS IN THE INTERREGNUM From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter explores the challenges of being a disabled writer/creative. The author describes their journey to becoming a writer and outlines some tips for disabled writers. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 13: Disabled SecretsPART III: THE DISABLED FUTURE From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter discusses abuse against and between disabled people, crip culture, Mad/disability intimacy and community codes, secrets and trust, and building relationships. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 14: What Really Happens in DJ GroupsPART III: THE DISABLED FUTURE From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter explores some of the things that happen when people try to start a DJ collective, based on the author’s experiences. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 15: Home Is a Holy Place: The Sacred Organizing Spaces of Disabled HomesPART III: THE DISABLED FUTURE From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter discusses disabled homes and wisdom, touching on the importance of safe spaces and community support. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 13 | 2022 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 16: Loving Stacey: An Honour SongPART III: THE DISABLED FUTURE From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter celebrates activist Stacey Park Milbern, discussing collective access/accessibility and activism, disabled people as archives, unconditional disabled love, and disabled … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 17: Wild Disabled Joy: Disabled Pleasure ActivismPART III: THE DISABLED FUTURE From: The Future is Disabled |
An exploration of disabled pleasure activism, which connotes a politic that uplifts joy and pleasure in activism and radical life. It explores disabled pleasure, crip sex, cultural ableism, … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 20 | 2022 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 18: Wild Disabled Futures: The Future Is NowPART III: THE DISABLED FUTURE From: The Future is Disabled |
This chapter looks to the future of disability activism. | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From NEW! Chapter 2: Interdependence Is Not Some Giant Living in the Hillside Coming Down to Visit the Townspeople: The Church of Show the Fuck Up, in Real LifePART I: DISABILITY JUSTICE IN THE END TIME From: The Future is Disabled |
The author reflects on the dangers of complacency in the battle for disability rights and the fight to ensure that care work is common and valued. The chapter discusses the "care … | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha | 31 | 2022 | $3.10 Add |
