Category: Reviews
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Diverseability Visibility – Disability Reads
An anthology that everyone within the disability community, and the particular spaces I’m in have been talking about for a while now. Diversability: First Person Stories From the Twenty First Century is an anthology from more than 35 authors that identify as having a disability and/or impairment. Growing up, I didn’t see a lot of…
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What is Speechless?
Growing up, I never saw anyone with Cerebral Palsy, let alone someone who is disabled being appeared in television shows and movies. In May of 2016, American television network ABC, released news of their new television series, Speechless. About a teenage boy with Cerebral Palsy who is non-verbal. Speechless is a television series about a…
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Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Thanks to Black Inc Book, the Growing Up in Australia book series is here! With their latest book, Growing Up Disabled in Australia shares a unique and diverse range of voices from people with disabilities throughout Australia. This book series represents the highs and the lows of disability in Australia. Some of the books include…
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Disability read’s Believe me by Yolanda Handid
Not long after Yolanda found out that she was going to be on Real Housewives of Baverly Hills, Yolanda also found out that she got Lyme Disease. In 2017 Yolanda published her book, about how she was battling Lyme disease while she was filming for The Real Housewives of Baverly Hills. What is a disability?…
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Glee – The best show when it comes to diverse representation
Co-creators, Ryan Murphy, Ian Bernnan and Brad Falchuck, aired Glee in 2009. A television series, about a small group of teens finding their way through school with the sound of music. Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) was given the opportunity to bring back Glee, a choir back to McKinley, and he was going to make it…
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Disability Reads – The Pretty One by Keah Brown
As a young disabled person, my opportunities are endless. Around my birthday last year, this book – The Pretty One by Keah Brown came out. Many of my writing friends within the disability community were talking about it, and when I got Audible this was defiantly one of the books on my “Must read list”.…
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The Rising Phoenix
Spoilers (don’t read ahead if you haven’t seen it) People have been talking about this documentary for months now, and I can’t believe it has finally aired. The Rising Phoenix is a documentary, not about para athletes, but the history of the Paralympic Movement. Since 2016 when my family and I found out about para…
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene, a TV show which is full of diversity as well as dreams coming true. Hey all, during my week off laying at home and healing up from my wisdom teeth. I was binge watching some TV shows, both old and new ones. One of the TV shows that I have come across…