Table of Contents
Introduction Alice Wong xv
Part 1 Being
Unspeakable Conversations Harriet McBryde Johnson 3
For Ki'tay D. Davidson, Who loves Us Talila A. Lewis 28
If You Can't Fast, Give Maysoon Zayid 36
There's a Mathematical Equation That Proves I'm Ugly-Or So I Learned in My Seventh-Grade Art Class Ariel Henley 39
The Erasure of Indigenous People in Chronic Illness Jen Deerinwater 47
When You Are Waiting to Be Healed June Eric-Udorie 53
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison Jeremy Woody, as told to Christie Thompson 59
Common Cyborg Jillian Weise 63
I'm Tired of Chasing a Cure Liz Moore 75
Part 2 Becoming
We Can't Go Back Ricardo T. Thornton Sr. 85
Radical Visibility: A Disabled Queer Clothing Reform Movement Manifesto Sky Cubacub 90
Guide Dogs Don't Lead Blind People. We Wander as One. Haben Girma 101
Taking Charge of My Story as a Cancer Patient at the Hospital Where I Work Diana Cejas 104
Canfei to Canji: The Freedom of Being Loud Sandy Ho 112
Nurturing Black Disabled Joy Keah Brown 117
Last but Not Least-Embracing Asexuality Keshia Scott 121
Imposter Syndrome and Parenting with a Disability Jessica Slice 129
How to Make a Paper Crane from Rage Eisa Sjunneson 134
Selma Blair Became a Disabled Icon Overnight. Here's Why We Need More Stories Like Hers. Zipporah Arielle 141
Part 3 Doing
Why My Novel Is Dedicated to My Disabled Friend Maddy A. H. Reaume 149
The Antiabortion Bill You Aren't Hearing About Rebecca Cokley 159
So. Not. Broken. Alice Sheppard 164
How a Blind Astronomer Found a Way to Hear the Stars Wanda Díaz-Merced 168
Incontinence Is a Public Health Issue-And We Need to Talk About It Mari Ramsawakh 174
Falling/Burning: Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, and Being a Bipolar Creator Shoshana Kessock 179
Six Ways of Looking at Crip Time Ellen Samuels 189
Lost Cause Reyma McCoy McDeid 197
On NYC's Paratransit, Fighting for Safety, Respect, and Human Dignity Britney Wilson 205
Gaining Power through Communication Access Lateef McLeod 220
Part 4 Connecting
The Fearkss Benjamin Lay: Activist, Abolitionist, Dwarf Person Eugene Grant 229
To Survive Climate Catastrophe, Look to Queer and Disabled Folks Patty Berne, as told to and edited by Vanessa Raditz 232
Disability Solidarity: Completing the "Vision for Black Lives" Harriet Tubman Collective 236
Time's Up for Me, Too Karolyn Gehrig 243
Still Dreaming Wild Disability Justice Dreams at the End of the World Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha 250
Love Means Never Having to Say … Anything Jamison Hill 262
On the Ancestral Plane: Crip Hand-Me-Downs and the Legacy of Our Movements Stacey Milbern 267
The Beauty of Spaces Created for and by Disabled People s.e. smith 271
About the Editor 277
About the Contributors 279
Further Reading 293
Permission Acknowledgments 305