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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"A young adult adaptation of Alice Wong's Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century"--
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,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A remarkable memoir by Miss Iowa USA Abbey Curran about living with cerebral palsy, competing in Miss USA, and her inspiring work with young women who have disabilities. Abbey was born with cerebral palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on...
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