Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

This was another two-for-one that caught my eye. Though we see disability more these days, I remember growing up and having my surgeries and feeling like I was the only one. Occasionally I met other people who had scoliosis, but it was "never as bad as yours." Which is a great thing to say to a middle schooler who lives in constant pain and can't bend her back... I have these very few, movie style memories of my non disabled days. Like the flashbacks in movies, where the sun is shining and there's laughter in the air and... I can see myself. It's not a real memory, it's one I created from seeing pictures. I know I loved to climb trees because I still want to, but I haven't been able to in a long time. Eventually even as a teenager, I could only climb the mango trees. But we don't talk about that stuff in daily life. Other people have traumatic experiences in childhood, or abusive childhoods, and I just have... Pictures. And pain. This book has many different stories from many different disabled people. All of them are personal experiences and all of them are different. Because every disabled person is different. But you know what's really funny to me? We're ALL asked the same thing. Whether it's a slight disability, an invisible disability that you tell someone about, or you're the "OG" wheelchair user. We all get asked about it. And it's really frustrating. So, I'd like to ask you: what do YOU think we all get asked? This book knows. (Also, 10/10 recommend)