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Publisher
Forest Avenue Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xvii, 361 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Too often, science fiction and fantasy stories erase--or cure--characters with disabilities. These tales imagine such wonders as a shapeshifter on a first date, skin that sprouts orchid buds, and a cereal-box demon. An insulin pump diverts an undead mob. An autistic teen sets out to discover the local cranberry bog's sinister secret. A pizza delivery on Mars goes wrong.
Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
148 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability. When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemo-brained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping, or viewed her as a needy recipient...
14) Loving our own bones: disability wisdom and the spiritual subversiveness of knowing ourselves whole
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture"--
Author
Series
Aven Green volume 4
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
101 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old expert soccer player Aven Green learns to share the spotlight and be a good team player when her friend Sujata joins the team.
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