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Unclenching by Chris L Vaughan's avatar

Wonderful piece, Kelly! I've gotten so much out of your disabled dignity series. Thank you.

Kelly Mack's avatar

Thanks so much Chris!

Jennifer's avatar

"Do we see their advocacy requests not as distractions or burdens, but as part of our responsibility to uphold inclusion and fairness for all — that in their position, that is what we would unquestionably expect and demand?" Just one of many good points in this piece. Kelly, FYI-the link was not successful. ("page not found")

Kelly Mack's avatar

Thanks Jen! And extra thanks for letting me know about the broken link. Just updated and found an even better resource!

Jennifer's avatar

Yay! I look forward to checking it out!

Mary L Liepold's avatar

Kelly, I would love to see your suggestions for books and other kinds of writing by people with disabilities. I am always looking for new writers to follow!

Kelly Mack's avatar

Excellent! I will compile my ever growing list!

Kelly Mack's avatar

Hi Mary, on my homepage there is a section for other disability-related Substacks that I enjoy and recommend: https://rollingwithit.substack.com/. Also, here is a list of books that I love from disabled authors: The Anti-Ableism Manifesto by Tiffany Yu; Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever by Eddie Ndopu; Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong; Demystifying Disability:What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau; Being Heumann by Judy Heumann; and Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig. Hope this helps!

Sandra Ann Miller's avatar

We are more isolated than ever now. More divided than ever. Remember when we only had 4 channels? We all had to watch the same things. There were only a handful of movies; we all saw the same things. That commonality is gone. And, yet, we have so much access to so much information...and we narrow that down to our own tastes. TBH, I think there was a slight disservice to the doc "Crip Camp"...because, from that title, I first thought it was about the gang. Doh! Side effect of being an LA native. What an amazing bit of history I was ignorant about until then. When we take the time to expose ourselves to the real stories of real people (My Left Foot, King Gimp, Murder Ball, An Accidental Life...Helen Keller, FFS), we have a better understanding of the experience, the judgment, the challenges, the beauty, the intellect, the humanity of their experience...our experience. We don't know what we don't know, but willful ignorance isn't an excuse either. Be curious. Learn more about your fellow humans. Thank you, Kelly. BTW, Lewis Hamilton's brother, Nic, who has CP and is also a racing driver, was on his first podium this weekend...same day Lewis placed second at the Canadian GP. Sunday was a good day to be a Hamilton (fan). xo