Being seen : one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism /
"A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else"--
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Tiller Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
2021.
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| Edition: | First Tiller Press hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Building Blocks of Blindness: Hi, I'm Elsa
- We Need to Talk about Helen: Breaking Gibson's Mythology
- Language Acquisition Through the Sound Barrier and Other Deafblind Mysteries
- My Body and Other Histories
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Identify Ableism: A Lesson in Radiation Poisoning
- Your Vision of Blindness is Impaired: The Monolith of Blindness in Media
- How I Learned to Drive, Play With Swords, And Other Things You Shouldn't Do At Home
- Yes, Virginia, Even Blind Men Can Be Assholes: The Intersection of Disability and Gender
- The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Surviving Ableist Violence Through the Lens of Horror
- Cripping My Dance Card: Required Reading for People Who Want to Date Me (But my Relatives Should Close the Book)
- Coming Out of the Closet: But Only If It's ADA Compliant
- There Are No Blind Moms on TV: Disability & Parenthood Stigma
- I Am Not a Teaching Tool: Medicalizing the Disabled Body
- Welcome to the Cyberpunk Future, It's In My Ears: Disability and Science Fiction
- We Have Always Thrived in the Castle: Defying Ableism to Become Yourself
- Cane in One Hand, Protest Sign in the Other: A View of Police Brutality and Disability
- Hindsight is 20/20, Except if You're Me and then it's [REDACTED].