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The power of disability : 10 lessons for surviving, thriving, and changing the world
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2020]
Physical Description
xii, 200 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"From a longtime disability rights activist comes this moving window into the lives of people with disabilities and the lessons they can teach us .... Told through one hundred short, funny, harrowing, and thought-provoking stories, the book distills ten key lessons that reveal people with disabilities as authoritative sources on creativity, love, sexuality, dealing with adversity, and living a good life"--
Contents
- Introduction: the disability advantage
- A word about words
- If it ain't broke, don't fix it
- Funny things happen on the way to the future
- Label jars, not people
- There ain't no cure for love
- Together is better
- Adversity is an opportunity
- Art blooms at the edge
- Awaken to all your senses
- Nothing about us, without us
- There is no independence without interdependence
- Conclusion: life comes from life.