NEW "About Us: Essays From the Disability Section of the New York Times" HB Book

Description: BRAND NEW hardback book —"Lucky Dogs: From Bourbon Street to Beijing and Beyond" by Peter Capatano and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, with a foreword by Andrew Solomon. From the publisher: "Based on the pioneering New York Times series, About Us collects the personal essays and reflections that have transformed the national conversation around disability. Boldly claiming a space in which people with disabilities can be seen and heard as they are―not as others perceive them―About Us captures the voices of a community that has for too long been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking not only to those with disabilities, but also to their families, coworkers and support networks, the authors in About Us offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them. Reflecting on the fraught conversations around disability―from the friend who says 'I don’t think of you as disabled,' to the father who scolds his child with attention differences, 'Stop it stop it stop it what is wrong with you?'―the stories here reveal the range of responses, and the variety of consequences, to being labeled as 'disabled' by the broader public. In its final sections, About Us turns to the questions of love, family and joy to show how it is possible to revel in life as a person with disabilities. Subverting the pervasive belief that disability results in relentless suffering and isolation, a quadriplegic writer reveals how she rediscovered intimacy without touch, and a mother with a chronic illness shares what her condition has taught her young children."

Price: 6 USD

Location: Jackson Heights, New York

End Time: 2024-12-11T01:22:08.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.88 USD