Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong

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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century
Cover of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century by Alice Wong
Author(s) Alice Wong
Published 06/30/2020
Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Genre(s) Nonfiction, Disability, Essays, Social Justice, Memoir, Anthologies


Trigger Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Chronic illness
  • Mental health
  • Trauma
  • Medical procedures
  • Death and mortality
  • Violence

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Diverse range of disabilities
  • Intersectionality
  • Own voices
  • Varied perspectives
  • Advocacy and activism
  • Everyday experiences
  • Positive representation

Tropes

  • Inspiration porn
  • Disability as tragedy
  • Super-crip
  • Disability as a plot device
  • Disability simulation
  • Magical cure
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