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From the Book - First edition.
I. Justice --
Becoming disabled / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --
The Nazi's first victims were the disabled / Kenny Fries --
Mental illness is not a horror show / Andrew Solomon --
Disability and the right to choose / Jennifer Bartlett --
If you're in a wheelchair, segregation lives / Luticha Doucette --
My Medicaid, my life / Alice Wong --
You are special! Now stop being different / Jonathan Mooney --
Brain injury and the civil right we don't think about / Joseph J. Fins --
II. Belonging --
I don't want to be "inspiring" / John Altmann --
The deaf body in public space / Rachel Kolb --
My "orphan disease" has given me a new family / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --
My life with Tourette Syndrome / Shane Fistell --
The everyday anxiety of the stutterer / Joseph P. Carter --
How to really see a blind person / Brad Snyder --
The importance of facial equality / Ariel Henley --
Finding refuge with the skin I'm in / Anne Kaier --
What it means to heal / Cyndi Jones --
III. Working --
I use a wheelchair. And yes, I'm your doctor / Cheri A. Blauwet --
Standing up for what I need / Carol R. Steinberg --
Where all bodies are exquisite / Riva Lehrer --
I lost my voice, but help others find theirs / Alex Hubbard --
The "Madman" is back in the building / Zack McDermott --
Hildegard's visions, and mine / Jenny Giering --
Finding myself on the page / Ona Gritz --
Should I tell my students I have depression? / Abby L. Wilkerson --
We are the original lifehackers / Liz Jackson --
IV. Navigating --
My supercharged,tricked out, bluetooth wheelchair life force / Katie Savin --
New York has a great subway, if you're not in a wheelchair / Sasha Blair-Goldensohn --
A symbol for "nobody" that's really for everybody / Elizabeth Guffey --
Feeling my way into blindness / Edward Hoagland --
The athlete in me won't stop / Todd Balf --
The dawn of the "Tryborg" / Jillian Weise --
Flying while blind / Georgina Kleege --
V. Coping --
My life with paralysis, it's a workout / Valerie Piro --
My $1,000 anxiety attack / Joanna Novak --
When life gave me lemons, I had a panic attack / Gila Lyons --
Am I too embarrassed to save my life? / Jane Eaton Hamilton --
My paralympic blues / Emily Rapp Black --
The hawk can soar / Randi Davenport --
VI. Love --
A girlfriend of my own / Daniel Simpson --
Love, eventually / Ona Gritz --
How to play the online dating game, in a wheelchair / Emily Ladau --
Explaining our bodies, finding ourselves / Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison --
Longing for the male gaze / Jennifer Bartlett --
Intimacy without touch / Elizabeth Jameson and Catherine Monahon --
The three-legged dog who carried me / Laurie Clements Lambeth --
VII. Family --
Passing my disability on to my children / Sheila Black --
I have diabetes. Am I to blame? / Rivers Solomon --
10 things my chronic illness taught my children / Paula M. Fitzgibbons --
The importance of finding family / Alaina Leary --
Trying to embrace a "cure" / Sheila Black --
In my mother's eyes, and mine / Catherine Kudlick --
A portrait of intimate violence / Anne Finger --
VIII. Joy --
Mishearings / Oliver Sacks --
Space travel : a vision / Daniel Simpson --
Learning to sing again / Anne Kaier --
Sensations of sound : on deafness and music / Rachel Kolb --
I dance because I can / Alice Sheppard --
Stories about disability don't have to be sad / Melissa Shang --
In my chronic illness, I found a deeper meaning / Elliot Kukla --
A disabled life is a life worth living / Ben Mattlin.choose / Jennifer Bartlett --
If you're in a wheelchair, segregation lives / Luticha Doucette --
My Medicaid, my life / Alice Wong --
You are special! Now stop being different / Jonathan Mooney --
Brain injury and the civil right we don't think about / Joseph J. Fins --
II. Belonging --
I don't want to be "inspiring" / John Altmann --
The deaf body in public space / Rachel Kolb --
My "orphan disease" has given me a new family / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --
My life with Tourette Syndrome / Shane Fistell --
The everyday anxiety of the stutterer / Joseph P. Carter --
How to really see a blind person / Brad Snyder --
The importance of facial equality / Ariel Henley --
Finding refuge with the skin I'm in / Anne Kaier --
What it means to heal / Cyndi Jones --
III. Working --
I use a wheelchair. And yes, I'm your doctor / Cheri A. Blauwet --
Standing up for what I need / Carol R. Steinberg --
Where all bodies are exquisite / Riva Lehrer --
I lost my voice, but help others find theirs / Alex Hubbard --
The "Madman" is back in the building / Zack McDermott --
Hildegard's visions, and mine / Jenny Giering --
Finding myself on the page / Ona Gritz --
Should I tell my students I have depression? / Abby L. Wilkerson --
We are the original lifehackers / Liz Jackson --
IV. Navigating --
My supercharged,tricked out, bluetooth wheelchair life force / Katie Savin --
New York has a great subway, if you're not in a wheelchair / Sasha Blair-Goldensohn --
A symbol for "nobody" that's really for everybody / Elizabeth Guffey --
Feeling my way into blindness / Edward Hoagland --
The athlete in me won't stop / Todd Balf --
The dawn of the "Tryborg" / Jillian Weise --
Flying while blind / Georgina Kleege --
V. Coping --
My life with paralysis, it's a workout / Valerie Piro --
My $1,000 anxiety attack / Joanna Novak --
When life gave me lemons, I had a panic attack / Gila Lyons --
Am I too embarrassed to save my life? / Jane Eaton Hamilton --
My paralympic blues / Emily Rapp Black --
The hawk can soar / Randi Davenport --
VI. Love --
A girlfriend of my own / Daniel Simpson --
Love, eventually / Ona Gritz --
How to play the online dating game, in a wheelchair / Emily Ladau --
Explaining our bodies, finding ourselves / Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison --
Longing for the male gaze / Jennifer Bartlett --
Intimacy without touch / Elizabeth Jameson and Catherine Monahon --
The three-legged dog who carried me / Laurie Clements Lambeth --
VII. Family --
Passing my disability on to my children / Sheila Black --
I have diabetes. Am I to blame? / Rivers Solomon --
10 things my chronic illness taught my children / Paula M. Fitzgibbons --
The importance of finding family / Alaina Leary --
Trying to embrace a "cure" / Sheila Black --
In my mother's eyes, and mine / Catherine Kudlick --
A portrait of intimate violence / Anne Finger --
VIII. Joy --
Mishearings / Oliver Sacks --
Space travel : a vision / Daniel Simpson --
Learning to sing again / Anne Kaier --
Sensations of sound : on deafness and music / Rachel Kolb --
I dance because I can / Alice Sheppard --
Stories about disability don't have to be sad / Melissa Shang --
In my chronic illness, I found a deeper meaning / Elliot Kukla --
A disabled life is a life worth living / Ben Matlin.
From the Book - First edition.
Becoming disabled / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --
The Nazis' first victims were the disabled / Kenny Fries --
Mental illness is not a horror show / Andrew Solomon --
Disability and the right to choose / Jennifer Bartlett --
If you're in a wheelchair, segregation lives / Luticha Doucette --
My Medicaid, my life / Alice Wong --
You are special! Now stop being different / Jonathan Mooney --
Brain injury and the civil right we don't think about / Joseph J. Fins --
I don't want to be "inspiring" / John Altmann --
The deaf body in public space / Rachel Kolb --
My "orphan disease" has given me a new family / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson --
My life with Tourette's Syndrome / Shane Fistell --
The everyday anxiety of the stutterer / Joseph P. Carter --
How to really see a blind person / Brad Snyder --
The importance of facial equality / Ariel Henle --
Finding refuge with the skin I'm in / Anne Kaier --
What it means to heal / Cyndi Jones --
I use a wheelchair. And yes, I'm your doctor / Cheri A. Blauwet --
Standing up for what I need / Carol R. Steinberg --
Where all bodies are exquisite / Riva Lehrer --
I lost my voice, but help others find theirs / Alex Hubbard --
The "madman" is back in the building / Zack McDermott --
Hildegard's visions, and mine / Jenny Giering --
Finding myself on the page / Ona Gritz --
Should I tell my students I have depression? / Abby L. Wilkerson --
We are the original lifehackers / Liz Jackson --
My supercharged, tricked out, Bluetooth wheelchair life force / Katie Savin --
New York has a great subway, if you're not in a wheelchair / Sasha Blair-Goldensohn --
A symbol for "nobody" that's really for everybody / Elizabeth Guffey --
Feeling my way into blindness / Edward Hoagland --
The athlete in me won't stop / Todd Balf --
The dawn of the "tryborg" / Jillian Weise --
Flying while blind / Georgina Kleege --
My life with paralysis, it's a workout / Valerie Piro --
My $1,000 anxiety attack / Joanna Novak --
When life gave me lemons, I had a panic attack / Gila Lyons --
Am I too embarrassed to save my life? / Jane Eaton Hamilton --
My Paralympic blues / Emily Rapp Black --
The hawk can soar / Randi Davenport --
A girlfriend of my own / Daniel Simpson --
Love, eventually / Ona Gritz --
How to play the online dating game, in a wheelchair / Emily Ladau --
Explaining our bodies, finding ourselves / Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison --
Longing for the male gaze / Jennifer Bartlett --
Intimacy without touch / Elizabeth Jameson and Catherine Monahon --
The three-legged dog who carried me / Laurie Clements Lambeth --
Passing my disability on to my children / Sheila Black --
I have diabetes. Am I to blame? / Rivers Solomon --
10 things my chronic illness taught my children / Paula M. Fitzgibbons --
The importance of finding family / Alaina Leary --
Trying to embrace a "cure" / Sheila Black --
In my mother's eyes, and mine / Catherine Kudlick --
A portrait of intimate violence / Anne Finger --
Mishearings / Oliver Sacks --
Space travel : a vision / Daniel Simpson --
Learning to sing again / Anne Kaier --
Sensations of sound : on deafness and music / Rachel Kolb --
I dance because I can / Alice Sheppard --
Stories about disability don't have to be sad / Melissa Shang --
In my chronic illness, I found a deeper meaning / Elliot Kukla --
A disabled life is a life worth living / Ben Mattlin.
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Subjects
Subjects
Biographies
Chronically ill
Chronically ill -- United States -- Biography
Chronic diseases
Chronic diseases -- Social aspects -- United States
Disabled Persons
Essays
People with disabilities
People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
Personal Autonomy
Self Concept
Social aspects
Social Environment
Social Perception
Sociology of disability
Sociology of disability -- United States
United States
Chronically ill
Chronically ill -- United States -- Biography
Chronic diseases
Chronic diseases -- Social aspects -- United States
Disabled Persons
Essays
People with disabilities
People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography
Personal Autonomy
Self Concept
Social aspects
Social Environment
Social Perception
Sociology of disability
Sociology of disability -- United States
United States
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Contributors
Catapano, Peter editor, writer of introduction
Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie editor, writer of introduction, author
Solomon, Andrew,1963- writer of foreword
Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie editor, writer of introduction, author
Solomon, Andrew,1963- writer of foreword
ISBN
9781631495854
9781631498589
9781631498589
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