Disability visibility : 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults
(Book)
Contributors
Wong, Alice, 1974- editor.
Published
New York : Delacorte Press, 2021.
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Status
Central - Teen Nonfiction
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Description
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 seventeen 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 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 reading for all.
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Published
New York : Delacorte Press, 2021.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xviii, 139 pages ; 22 cm
Street Date
2109
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"This work is based on Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, introduction and compilation copyright © 2020 by Alice Wong, published in paperback by Vintage Books, an division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A young adult adaptation of Alice Wong's Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century"-- Provided by publisher.
Description
According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden-- but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. Inside you will find activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives include the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience. They invite readers to question their own assumptions and understandings, while documenting disability culture in the now.-- adapted from original edition
Target Audience
Ages 12 up Delacorte Press.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wong, A. (2021). Disability visibility: 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults (First edition.). Delacorte Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wong, Alice, 1974-. 2021. Disability Visibility: 17 First-person Stories for Today : Adapted for Young Adults. New York: Delacorte Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wong, Alice, 1974-. Disability Visibility: 17 First-person Stories for Today : Adapted for Young Adults New York: Delacorte Press, 2021.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Wong, A. (2021). Disability visibility: 17 first-person stories for today : adapted for young adults. First edn. New York: Delacorte Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wong, Alice. Disability Visibility: 17 First-person Stories for Today : Adapted for Young Adults First edition., Delacorte Press, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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