Disabilities
Books
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century. Vintage Books, 2020.
Palacios, Maria R. Criptionary: Disability Humor & Satire. Atahualpa Press, 2013.
Thicker Than Water: Essays by Adult Siblings of People with Disabilities. Woodbine House, 2009.
Burcaw, Shane. Laughing at My Nightmare. Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Shapiro, Joseph P. No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement. Crown, 2011.
Hockenberry, John. Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence. Hachette Books, 1996.
Padwa, Lynette, and Buckley, Kathy. If You Could Hear What I See: Triumph Over Tragedy Through Laughter. Penguin Publishing Group, 2003.
Schweik, Susan M., and Schweik, Susan M. The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public. NYU Press, 2009.
Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018.
Joiner, Kristen, and Heumann, Judith. Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist. Beacon Press, 2020.
Taussig, Rebekah. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body. HarperOne, 2020.
Mattlin, Ben. Miracle Boy Grows Up: How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved My Sanity. Skyhorse, 2012.
Websites & Blogs
Americans with Disabilities Act
National Council on Disability
National Rehabilitation Information Center
Disability & Health Promotion – CDC
Disabilities – UNICEF
Disability/Accessibility – Equal Rights Center
Ableism – National Conference for Community and Justice
Articles
“How To Include People with Disabilities.” Respect Ability.
Vasquez, Krystal. “Virtual Conferences Aren’t as Accessible as You Might Think.” Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2021,.
Schiavo, Amanda. “5 Steps to Creating a Disability Inclusive Workplace.” Employee Benefit News, 11 Feb. 2021.
Friedman, Vanessa. “Why Is Facebook Rejecting These Fashion Ads?” The New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/style/disabled-fashion-facebook-discrimination.html.
Selyukh, Alina. “Workers With Disabilities Can Earn Just $3.34 an Hour. Agency Says Law Needs Change.” NPR, 17 Sept. 2020.
Salman, Saba. “What Would a Truly Disabled-Accessible City Look Like?” The Guardian, 23 Sept. 2020.
Pulrang, Andrew. “5 Ways To Avoid An Accessibility Fail.” Forbes, 31 July 2020,.
Kimmelman, Michael. “Building Accessibility Into America, Literally.” The New York Times, 21 July 2020.
Waxman, Olivia. “Co-Founding the ACLU, Fighting for Labor Rights and Other Helen Keller Accomplishments Students Don’t Learn in School.” Time, 15 Dec. 2020.
Taussig, Rebekah. “I’ve Been Paralyzed Since I Was 3. Here’s Why Kindness Toward Disabled People Is More Complicated Than You Think.” Time, 20 Aug. 2020.
Ravishankar, Rakshitha Arni. “Why You Need to Stop Using These Words and Phrases.” Harvard Business Review, 5 Feb. 2021.
Movies / Film / Video
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. Nicole Newnham, dir. Netflix, 2020.
The Theory of Everything. James Marsh, dir. Working Title Films, 2014.
Ray. Taylor Hackford, dir. Universal Pictures, 2004.
The Peanut Butter Falcon. Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, dir. Armory Filmes, 2019.
The Terry Fox Story. R. L. Thomas, dir. CTV Television Network, 1993.
Still Alice. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland, dir. Sony Classics, 2014.
Atypical. Netflix, 2017.
Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life. Logan Smalley, dir. Roll With Me Productions, 20017.
Vision Portraits. Rodney Evans, dir. 2019.
Unrest. Jennifer Brea, dir. Shella Films, 2017.