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• Past is Prologue: The Disability Rights Movement | Johnson County Library | BiblioCommons

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  In the 1960s, people with disabilities and their allies fought to ensure full citizenship and civil rights to a population often overlooked or approached with pity. Efforts to seek equal rights and protections under the law occurred at the federal,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disability Visibility

  First-person Stories From the Twenty-first Century

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  A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience

• What We Have Done

  An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement

  Pelka, Fred, 1954-

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  Nothing about us without us has been a core principle of American disability rights activists for more than half a century. It represents a response by people with disabilities to being treated with scorn and abuse or as objects of pity, and to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disability Pride

  Dispatches From a post-ADA World

  Mattlin, Ben, 1962-

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  An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act

• Sitting Pretty

  the View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

  Taussig, Rebekah,

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  rom disability advocate with a PhD in disability studies and creative nonfiction, and creator of the Instagram account @ sitting pretty, an essay collection based on a lifetime of experiences in a paralyzed body, tackling themes of identity,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Heumann

  An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

  Heumann, Judith E.

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  Judith Heumann is an internationally recognized leader in the Disability Rights Independent Living Movement. Her work with a wide range of activist organizations (including the Berkeley Center for Independent Living and the American Association of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Year of the Tiger

  An Activist's Life

  Wong, Alice, 1974-2025

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  Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silent No Longer

  Advancing the Fight for Disability Rights /

  Stack, Robert P.

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  From one of the nation's most dedicated advocates for those with disabilities, an exposé of the insidious takeover of disability supports by private equity firms and a clarion call for urgent systemic change in a broken industry that has mistreated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To Be a Problem

  a Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement

  Baldwin, Dara,

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  A searing call out of the systemic racism happening in disability rights and also ableism occurring in other justice movements, told through the story of a Black women activist and policymaker.

• The Future Is Disabled

  Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs

  Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi, 1975-

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  In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled--and what if that's not a bad thing?

• Disability Visibility

  17 First-person Stories for Today : Adapted for Young Adults

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• Demystifying Disability

  What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally

  Ladau, Emily, 1991-

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  A guide for how to be 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 accessible place.

• Rolling Warrior

  the Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution

  Heumann, Judith E.

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  One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong in school and society

• This Is How We Talk

  a Celebration of Disability and Connection

  Slice, Jessica,

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  We sign, write, clap! We tap, stim, scream! So many ways to talk and joke, play and learn and dream. This joyful read-aloud, with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists Jessica Slice and Caroline Cupp, demystifies and respects how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Different Life

  Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures : a Memoir

  Bradlee, Quinn

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  Describes growing up as a learning-disabled child of famous parents, discussing how he dealt with health problems, frustrations in school, and his attempts to become an independent, contributing member of society.

• We Want to Go to School!

  the Fight for Disability Rights

  Cocca-Leffler, Maryann, 1958-

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  There was a time in the United States when children with disabilities weren't allowed to go to public school. But in 1971, seven kids and their families wanted to do something about it. They knew that every child had a right to an equal education,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All the Way to the Top

  How One Girl's Fight for Americans With Disabilities Changed Everything

  Pimentel, Annette Bay,

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  Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Jennifer Keelan grew up battling-and overcoming-the limitations others set for her. From a lack of cutaway curbs and bus lifts to being denied enrollment at her neighborhood school, Jennifer was continually…Read moreRead more of this annotation