Alice Wong Books
Alice Wong is an American disability rights activist, writer, and founder of the Disability Visibility Project. She advocates for disability representation in media and policy, and her work focuses on amplifying disabled voices and promoting accessibility and inclusion.
Known for: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
A collection of essays, blog posts, and personal reflections by disabled people, edited by Alice Wong. The anthology amplifies the voices of disabled writers, activists, and artists, exploring the diversity of disability experiences in contemporary society. It covers topics such as identity, accessibility, ableism, and community, offering an authentic and intersectional perspective on disability culture.
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Section One: Being
In the section I titled 'Being', the authors explore what it means to claim one’s disabled identity in a world that constantly attempts to erase or define it for you. These are stories about understanding oneself as a disabled person—not through medical labels, but through lived experience and commu...
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Section Two: Becoming
The next movement, 'Becoming', turns from identity toward transformation. Here, the essays trace how disabled people adapt, evolve, and build lives of meaning even within oppressive systems. But make no mistake—this is not about so-called inspiration. It’s about agency. The contributors describe how...
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About Alice Wong
Alice Wong is an American disability rights activist, writer, and founder of the Disability Visibility Project. She advocates for disability representation in media and policy, and her work focuses on amplifying disabled voices and promoting accessibility and inclusion.
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