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The Myth of the All-Powerful Superhero

By Noah Berlatsky — 2014

The supercrip narrative, disability rights groups say, mostly serves to make mainstream audiences feel awesome and inspired, while ignoring the actual difficulties faced by and prejudices directed at the vast majority of disabled people.

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Uncovering: an Empowering Pathway to Disability Identity | Heather Evans | TEDxUofW

In her talk, Heather discusses empowering disability identity and reframing disability as a social construct. She explores, through personal stories, how discussing disability and practicing 'uncovering' can lead to a new societal understanding of disability.

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2018
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Reflections from a Different Journey : What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew

Reflections from a Different Journey presents 40 stories by successful adults who grew up with disabilities. They provide insights into what it is like to persevere in the face of community prejudices, and what it takes for families and children with disabilities to work together toward fulfillment.

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Stanley Kein, John Kemp
2025
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Changing the Way We Talk About Disability | Amy Oulton | TEDxBrighton

You can take a wheelchair just about anywhere. Amy addresses societal perceptions of disability and her vision for how we all change the way we approach disability.

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2018
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Disabled Person OR Person With a Disability?

Today we are discussing a popular topic; is it more appropriate to say disabled person or person with a disability (PWD)? Well, it all depends on how an individual identifies, there are strong feelings about each.

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2016
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award–winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black,...

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
2018
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The Power of Disability: 10 Lessons for Surviving, Thriving, and Changing the World

This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy. They have produced heavenly music and exquisite works of art. They have unveiled the scientific secrets of the universe.

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Al Etmanski
2025
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more inclusive place ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, Booklist • “A candid, accessible cheat sheet for...

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Emily Ladau
2025
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How to be Comfortable in a Swimsuit at the Pool | Disability and Body Image

When it's hot out, and the pool is open the last thing that should be on anyone's mind is how they look in a swimsuit. It is a journey to being comfortable in your skin however you are born.

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2017
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Blind Ambition: How to Go from Victim to Visionary

For anyone seeking to live life to its fullest potential, Blind Ambition is an eye-opening account of a tech industry executive who overcame fear and hopelessness to turn his blindness disability into a powerful, competitive strength.

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Chad E. Foster
2025
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Sex and Disability

The title of this collection of essays, Sex and Disability, unites two terms that the popular imagination often regards as incongruous.

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Robert McRuer (editor), Anna Mollow (editor)
2012
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