Book
Being seen : one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism
Edition
First Tiller Press hardcover edition.
Publication Information
New York : Tiller Press, 2021.
Physical Description
xi, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else"--
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 skip to chapter 11)
- 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].