Welcome
This chapter introduces the book’s focus on being disabled in public, and the privilege of privacy.
Emily Macrae
5
2024
$ 0.50
‘Justice Is About the Collective’
Interview with Rabia Khedr, national director of Disability Without Poverty and CEO of DEEN (Disability Empowerment Equality Network), on how community organizing can disrupt systems that exclude …
Rabia Khedr
12
2024
$ 1.20
Minding the City
Corey Bialek writes about what living with double depression means for going outside and getting around a city, and how the way we design public spaces impacts mental health.
Corey Bialek
10
2024
$ 1.00
I’m Proud to Call Myself Tkaronto-Guyanese
Courage Bacchus identifies as Black, female, Deaf, and queer, and talks about her experiences as an actor, performer, artist, and artist advocate. Video transcript translated from ASL by …
Courage Bacchus ; Kimberley Johnson
8
2024
$ 0.80
Planning for Access. Planning for Change.
Sarah Manteuffel writes about her experiences creating more accessible communities as a community planner, and describes ways for more inclusive planning practices.
Sarah Manteuffel
7
2024
$ 0.70
‘You Don’t Have to Have All the Answers’
Interview with Adam Cohoon, who talks about growing up in Kincardine, Ontario, moving to Toronto, and the isolation of being disabled in the city as opposed to a closer-knit town.
Adam Cohoon
8
2024
$ 0.80
Planting Permanence
Shay Erlich explores the difficulties of living in Toronto, the problems with moving elsewhere as a trans and disabled person, and their dream of support being available to people like them no …
Shay Erlich
11
2024
$ 1.10
The Art of the Ordinary: The Challenge of Defining Interabled Relationships
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.
Athena Cooper
7
2024
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Ship of Theseus: The Power Wheelchair User and the City
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.
Emily Macrae
8
2024
$ 0.80
Desperately Seeking Dry
Dorothy Ellen Palmer writes about adult diapers, including the need people have for them due to disability and/or aging, the difficulty of disposing of them in public, their expense, and …
Dorothy Ellen Palmer
8
2024
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Accessible Housing Is a Human Right
David Meyers writes about accessible housing as a human right. He explains that governments across Canada do not meet the needs of disabled people for accessible housing, and that disability-led …
David Meyers
12
2024
$ 1.20
The Depression Cooking Manifesto
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 …
Sonali Menezes
5
2024
$ 0.50
What the Eye Doesn’t See, It Walks Into
Claire Steep discusses the accessibility problems within Canadian transportation hubs, including in downtown Toronto, and compares her experience with that of in the United Kingdom.
Claire Steep
9
2024
$ 0.90
Cripping Recreation: How Disabled Athletes Get Left Out of Urban Planning
John Loeppky writes about his experience playing wheelchair basketball and the inaccessible barriers that prevent disabled athletes from participating in sport.
John Loeppky
8
2024
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Healing in Suburbia: A Black Woman’s Cancer Recovery through Cycling and the Diaspora
Nicole Hanson writes about where and how people bike in the Caribbean, as well as her experiences relating to Black biking culture across different regions. She explains the importance of …
Nicole Hanson
11
2024
$ 1.10
Survival of the Fattest Disabled 2S in the North
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 …
Valdine Alycia
7
2024
$ 0.70
Listening
Jacqueline Valencia and Alexandria McDonough write about their relationship as mother-daughter and their experience commuting, particularly regarding Alex’s experience on the commute as an …
Alexandria McDonough ; Jacqueline Valencia
6
2024
$ 0.60
Remembering Winter
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 …
Emily Macrae
9
2024
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Fighting for Food: How We Won Hundreds of Millions for Poor Disabled People with Paperwork and Protests
A. J. Withers writes about fighting the government of Ontario and the City of Toronto for disabled people to receive more money each month, as someone who has been organizing against poverty for …
A.J. Withers
11
2024
$ 1.10
Breaking Barriers: My Journey as a Hard-of-Hearing Candidate in Toronto’s Municipal Election
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
Transportation Is Essential to Survival: An Advocacy Journey in Toronto
Mazin Aribi writes about his experiences as a wheelchair user and his work within the Advisory Committee on Accessible Transit in Toronto, explaining the improvements ACAT has helped bring to Toronto.
Mazin Aribi
8
2024
$ 0.80
‘It’s a Good Tired’
Jack and Zachary are two Good Foot couriers, which is a delivery service that provides employment for people who are neurodivergent. They are interviewed on their experiences using public …
Jack ; Zachary
6
2024
$ 0.60
Disability at the Desk and Beyond
Anika Abdullah writes about disability and employment. She discusses how many workplaces and employers are not ready for disabled workers, the provincial rules in Ontario, the difficulty of …
Anika Abdullah
9
2024
$ 0.90
Trauma Is a Patient Artist
Paul Vienneau is interviewed by Emily Macrae. Paul talks about accessibility and advocacy in Nova Scotia and beyond, his experience as a musician and finding creative way around barriers, how …
Paul Vienneau
8
2024
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The Invitation of a Crip Horizon
Sean Lee discusses his work organizing exhibits at Tangled Art + Disability, a gallery in Toronto that showcases the work of disabled artists. He highlights the importance of imagining a better …
Sean Lee
9
2024
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‘I Decided to Make My Disability Visible’
Christa Couture is interviewed by Emily Macrae, and talks about her experience as a writer, musician, broadcaster, filmmaker, and someone who is Indigenous, queer, disabled, and a mom.
Christa Couture
7
2024
$ 0.70
Cultural Resilience: The Intersection of Inuit Quajimajatuqangit and Disability Justice
Three people living in Iqaluit, Nunavut, explain their way of looking at the world, highlighting community, respect for nature, and the interconnectedness of all living things.
Abdoul-Karim Diakite ; Nicole Diakite ; Noah Papatsie
9
2024
$ 0.90
Un beau défi: My Journey Fighting Multiple Sclerosis and the Climate Crisis
Sébastien Jodoin writes about his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, and how he has adapted his research as a law professor to include disability. He discusses the danger global heating presents …
Sébastien Jodin
8
2024
$ 0.80
Wilderness Photography, Disability, and Me
Nicolas Steenhout writes about spending time outdoors and connecting to nature through bird photography. He discusses how he needing to advocate for accessibility at his job and in everyday life, …
Nicolas Steenhout
11
2024
$ 1.10