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Alice Wong
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Language
English
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Description
Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering commitment to dismantling systemic ableism, Alice shares her...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Disabled young people will be proud to see themselves reflected in this hopeful, compelling, and insightful essay collection, adapted for young adults from the critically acclaimed adult book, Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century that "sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences." —Chicago Tribune, "Best...
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that readers will revisit time and time again.” —Chicago Tribune
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability....
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability....
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.
From original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and...
From original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and...
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, "an art . . . an ingenious way to live." According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible,...
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A young adult adaptation of Alice Wong's Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century"--
According to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden-- but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Wong brings together an urgent, galvanizing collection of personal essays by contemporary disabled writers. Inside you will find activists, authors,...
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms. What is intimacy? More than sex, more than romantic love, the pieces in this stunning and illuminating new anthology offer broader and more inclusive definitions of what it can mean to be intimate with another...
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Series
Language
English
Description
A brilliant shower of stars fills the evening sky.
An 8-year-old girl named Stella watches the sky with a pair of huge binoculars. The New World Girls are landing on Earth! Stella is there to greet them, but... where is the girls' faithful companion, Elipup?! Join the NWG as they save their friend and explore a new planet.
"First Mission: Landing on Earth" is the first book in the New World Girls series.
New World Girls (NWG) come from a community...
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Series
Language
Español
Description
Una niña de 8 años llamada Stella observa el cielo con un par de enormes binoculares. ¡Las Niñas de un Nuevo Mundo están aterrizando en el planeta Tierra! Stella está allí para recibirlas, pero... ¿dónde está Elipup, el fiel compañero de las niñas?
Únete a las NNM para salvar a su amigo y explorar un nuevo planeta.
"Primera Misión: Aterrizaje en el Planeta Tierra" es el primer libro de la serie Niñas de un Nuevo Mundo.
Publisher
Welcome Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A special book, celebrating the wonder of youth, filled with classic material guaranteed to occupy, fascinate, and delight toddlers. Designed with vintage illustrations, included are fairytales, activites, songs, games, and nursery rhymes. -- pub.
Publisher
Ember, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The seventeen eye-opening essays in Disability Visibility, all written by disabled people, offer keen insight into the complex and rich disability experience, examining life's ableism and inequality, its challenges and losses, and celebrating its wisdom, passion, and joy. The accounts in this collection ask readers to think about disabled people not as individuals who need to be "fixed," but as members of a community with its own history, culture,...
Series
Little big book volume 9th
Publisher
Distributed ... by Andrews McMeel Distribution Service
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A collection of traditional tales, nursery rhymes, songs, literary excerpts, poems, finger games, recipes and more.
Author
Language
English
Description
Disabled Voices Anthology is a one-of-a-kind book by the Disabled community. Embracing several perspectives on Disability culture, community, identity, and more, Disabled Voices Anthology embodies a spirit of Disability Justice rather than seeking to perpetuate dominant narratives of Disability and Disabled people. It features multi-genre writing and artwork from Disabled creators in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Disabled Voices...
