{"id":76,"date":"2021-12-14T13:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T13:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/?p=76"},"modified":"2021-12-14T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:33:02","slug":"book-club-disability-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2021\/12\/14\/book-club-disability-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club: Disability History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">18th November &#8211; 20th December<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/B8D4B51F-A95F-4A7D-ABB3-2E81791FF5BB.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/B8D4B51F-A95F-4A7D-ABB3-2E81791FF5BB.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/B8D4B51F-A95F-4A7D-ABB3-2E81791FF5BB-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/B8D4B51F-A95F-4A7D-ABB3-2E81791FF5BB-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/B8D4B51F-A95F-4A7D-ABB3-2E81791FF5BB-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Recommendations from the Lit &amp; Phil <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.litandphil.org.uk\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.litandphil.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.litandphil.org.uk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-blue-background-color has-blue-color is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">So Lucky <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"105\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2021\/12\/14\/book-club-disability-history-month\/cc3308cd-77bd-4e58-a7e9-3e0f174c94a2-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1-1024x1536.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/CC3308CD-77BD-4E58-A7E9-3E0F174C94A2-1-1365x2048.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Nicola Griffith | Fiction <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Mara Tagarelli is on top of her world. She\u2019s the head of a multimillion-dollar AIDS foundation, an accomplished martial artist, and happily married. She has never met a problem she can\u2019t solve&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;until suddenly she can\u2019t solve any of them. In a single week her wife leaves her, she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and she loses her job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Now everything begins to feel like a threat. At first, she thinks it\u2019s just her newfound sense of vulnerability. Then she realises the threat of violence is real, deadly, and heading straight for her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicola Griffith\u2019s So Lucky is fiction from the front lines, incandescent and urgent, a narrative juggernaut that rips through sentiment to expose the savagery of the experience of becoming disabled and dismissed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People<br>Who Think Differently<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1-691x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"106\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2021\/12\/14\/book-club-disability-history-month\/2c2f3c6f-6d58-4215-91f6-9da9ad4802fa-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1-691x1024.jpeg 691w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1-203x300.jpeg 203w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1-768x1138.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1-1037x1536.jpeg 1037w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1-1382x2048.jpeg 1382w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/2C2F3C6F-6D58-4215-91F6-9DA9AD4802FA-1.jpeg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Steve Silberman | Non-fiction<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;and the future of our society depends on our understanding it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Following on from his groundbreaking article &#8216;The Geek Syndrome&#8217;, Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-&nbsp;sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of &#8216;neurodiversity&#8217; and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">Wonder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/24B2DDA5-E3C9-40A3-ACB8-97AF7717EF29_4_5005_c-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"107\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/24B2DDA5-E3C9-40A3-ACB8-97AF7717EF29_4_5005_c-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2021\/12\/14\/book-club-disability-history-month\/24b2dda5-e3c9-40a3-acb8-97af7717ef29_4_5005_c-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/24B2DDA5-E3C9-40A3-ACB8-97AF7717EF29_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/24B2DDA5-E3C9-40A3-ACB8-97AF7717EF29_4_5005_c-1-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>R.J. Palacio | Children 9-11 years<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><em>&#8216;My name is August . I won&#8217;t describe what I look like. Whatever you&#8217;re thinking, it&#8217;s probably worse.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He&nbsp;<em>feels&nbsp;<\/em>ordinary&nbsp;-inside. But ordinary kids don&#8217;t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren&#8217;t stared at wherever they go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he&#8217;s being sent to a real school&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;and he&#8217;s dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;but can he convince his new classmates that he&#8217;s just like them, underneath it all?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:45px\">Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1-664x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"103\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2021\/12\/14\/book-club-disability-history-month\/ed82ab36-872a-462e-9bd8-38c2adae0a8e-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1-664x1024.jpeg 664w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1-195x300.jpeg 195w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1-768x1185.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1-996x1536.jpeg 996w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1-1328x2048.jpeg 1328w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/files\/2021\/12\/ED82AB36-872A-462E-9BD8-38C2ADAE0A8E-1.jpeg 1556w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em>Alice Wong | Non-fiction <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">According to the last Census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some are visible, some are hidden but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together an urgent, galvanising collection of personal essays by disabled people in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<p>From Harriet McBryde Johnson&#8217;s account of her famous debate with Princeton philosopher Peter Singer over her own personhood, to original pieces by up-and-coming authors like Keah Brown and Haben Girma; from blog posts, manifestos, eulogies, testimonies to Congress, and beyond: this anthology gives a glimpse of the vast richness and complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own assumptions and understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and past with hope and love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-12-14T13:19:27+00:00\">14 December 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/tag\/book-club\/\" rel=\"tag\">Book Club<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/tag\/disability-history-month\/\" rel=\"tag\">Disability History Month<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-avatars has-dates has-excerpts wp-block-latest-comments\"><li class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3a7b4bb33b918354aaa7f1b18314f0e?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c3a7b4bb33b918354aaa7f1b18314f0e?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo wp-block-latest-comments__comment-avatar' height='48' width='48' \/><article><footer class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-meta\"><span class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-author\">M. L. Gray<\/span> on <a class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2022\/05\/16\/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia\/#comment-122\">International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-05-22T23:12:06+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-date\">22 May 2022<\/time><\/footer><div class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-excerpt\"><p>A wonderfully informative article on a very important topic, by a dear friend of mine. Shame as a pressing issue&hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment\"><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/58eec3faea35f6a38e93311f441f947a?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/58eec3faea35f6a38e93311f441f947a?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo wp-block-latest-comments__comment-avatar' height='48' width='48' \/><article><footer class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-meta\"><span class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-author\">Polka<\/span> on <a class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phsi-edi\/2022\/05\/16\/international-day-against-homophobia-biphobia-and-transphobia\/#comment-118\">International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-05-16T12:08:40+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-date\">16 May 2022<\/time><\/footer><div class=\"wp-block-latest-comments__comment-excerpt\"><p>A really well written article, and one that is much more important now than it really should be!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>18th November &#8211; 20th December So Lucky Mara Tagarelli is on top of her world. 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