Disability Visibility Adapted for Yo..., Alice Wong
Disability Visibility Adapted for Yo..., Alice Wong
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Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults)
First-Person Stories for Today

Author: Alice Wong

Narrator: Sarah Ann Masse, Anthony Michael Lopez, Alice Wong

Unabridged: 2 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/26/2021


Synopsis

Disabled young people will be proud to see themselves reflected in this hopeful, compelling, and insightful essay collection, adapted for young adults from the critically acclaimed adult book, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century that "sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences." --Chicago Tribune, "Best books published in summer 2020" (Vintage/Knopf Doubleday edition).

The eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining life's ableism and inequality, its challenges and losses, and celebrating its wisdom, passion, and joy.
 
The accounts in this collection, adapted for audio, ask readers to think about disabled people not as individuals who need to be “fixed,” but as members of a community with its own history, culture, and movements. They offer diverse perspectives that speak to past, present, and future generations. It is essential listening for all.

This audiobook contains unabridged selections from Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults).

Audiobook Table of Contents:
If You Can’t Fast, Give by Maysoon Zayid
There’s a Mathematical Equation That Proves I’m Ugly—or So I Learned in My Seventh-Grade Art Class by Ariel Henley
When You Are Waiting to Be Healed by June Eric-Udorie
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison by Jeremy Woody, as told to Christie Thompson
We Can’t Go Back by Ricardo T. Thornton Sr.
Guide Dogs Don’t Lead Blind People. We Wander as One. by Haben Girma
Canfei to Canji: The Freedom of Being Loud by Sandy Ho
Nurturing Black Disabled Joy by Keah Brown
Selma Blair Became a Disabled Icon Overnight by Zipporah Arielle
So. Not. Broken. by Alice Sheppard
Incontinence Is a Public Health Issue—and We Need to Talk About It by Mari Ramsawakh
Falling/Burning: Being a Bipolar Creator by Shoshana Kessock
Gaining Power Through Communication Access by Lateef McLeod
The Fearless Benjamin Lay: Activist, Abolitionist, Dwarf Person by Eugene Grant
On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand-Me-Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements by Stacey Milbern
The Beauty of Spaces Created for and by Disabled People by s.e. smith

About The Author

Alice Wong was a disabled activist, media maker, and research consultant based in San Francisco. She was the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture. From 2013 to 2015, Alice served as a member of the National Council on Disability, an appointment made by President Barack Obama. Alice was also the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on January 13, 2024

An insight into the disabled community through 17 short essays In Disability Visibility, disability activist, Alice Wong, complied a set of 17 first-person stories from those within the disabled community. Unlike many of the authors in this book, I was not born disabled, but this last year, I was chr......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on December 01, 2021

In my search to find more short pieces for my classroom that depict varied perspectives, I was excited to see a YA version of this anthology. Within this short text, there are 17 different personal narratives from a wide variety of diverse authors. Each piece is prefaced with a content warning for t......more

Goodreads review by Lizzy on July 28, 2023

These young adult adaptations are so important. For kids and young teens (disabled or not) to read stories of disabled people, for their stories to be heard by a larger audience, is huge. This is a great introductory version of the full-length book, and I can’t wait to read the adult version.......more

Goodreads review by Elyse on January 16, 2022

This was enlightening. I liked that there were a variety of disabilities represented and there were some essays that I really did take something away from. There were some that didn't hold my attention or "speak to me," but that doesn't take away from the overall necessity of this book. I'm sure tho......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on April 01, 2023

amplify disabled voices!!!!!! this was adapted perfectly for YA......more


Quotes

“…this is essential reading.” —School Library Journal, starred review
 
“…uplifting anthology.” —Booklist, starred review
 
“This is a wide-ranging collection presenting diverse and compelling voices. Ardently, intimately political instead of passively inspirational: will galvanize young activists.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“This collection is a powerhouse and vital reading.” —Bookriot.com

"The seventeen essays provide powerful and empathetic windows into living with (or, often, learning to live with and coming to terms with) a broad range of disabilities." —The Horn Book