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by Al Etmanksi
The Power of Disability
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Introduction. The Disability Advantage
A Word about Words
Lesson 1. If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
What Gord Walker Taught Me
Body Politics: Catherine Frazee
Brilliant Imperfection: Eli Clare
The Gift: Judith Snow
A Brief History of Imperfection: Dr. Stephen Hawking
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It: The Schappell Twins
Hidden Wholeness: Parker Palmer
Humanity Passport: Naoki Higashida with David Mitchell
A Culture with No Boundaries: Carey, Shelly, and Zoe Elverum
Lesson 2. Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Future
What David Roche Taught Me
Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Future: Michael J. Fox
Laughing Matters: Maysoon Zayid
If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: Zach Anner
Changing the World One Laugh at a Time: Nidhi Goyal
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot: John Callahan
Get Down Moves: Lauren Potter
Smart Ass Empire: Mike Ervin
Funny, You Don’t Look Crazy: Victoria Maxwell
Lesson 3. Label Jars, Not People
What Cradle Heaven Taught Me
The Mismeasure of Man: Stephen Jay Gould
The Power of Not Fitting In: Temple Grandin
Dethroning Stereotypes: Peter Dinklage
Identity Complications: Cristina Hartmann
The R-Word: Timothy Shriver
Breaking the Silence: Allie Cashel
Label Jars, Not People: Edith Sheffer
Branding Disability: Albert Lasker
Lesson 4. There Ain’t No Cure for Love
What Phil and Wendy Allen Taught Me
Hot, Wet, and Shaking: Kaleigh Trace
There Ain’t No Cure for Love: Leonard Cohen
Love at Second Sight: Marlena Blavin
Sex and the Gimpy Girl: Nancy Mairs
Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You: Yu Xiuhua
Fifty Shades of Scarlet: Mik Scarlet
Things Disabled People Know about Parenting: Ing Wong-Ward
In Sickness and in Health: Ben Mattlin
Lesson 5. All Means All
What Ted and Josh Kuntz Taught Me
The Elephant in the Room: Caroline Casey
Krip-Hop Nation: Luca Patuelli
Runway to the World: Aaron Philip
Unleash Different: Rich Donovan
Navigating Privilege and Power: Deborah Dagit
Sharing Lives: The Village of Geel and Alex Fox
An Authentic Doctor: David Renaud
All Means All: Marsha Forest and Jack Pearpoint
Lesson 6. Adversity Is an Opportunity
What Sam Sullivan Taught Me
Mothering On: Christa Couture
Breathing Love into Zika: The Guerreira Mothers of Brazil
Radical Optimist: Helen Keller
Adversity Is an Opportunity: Aimee Mullins
Better and Darker Angels: Abraham Lincoln
Image Maker: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Breaking Ground: Pearl S. Buck
The Dark Side of the Game: Tim Green
Lesson 7. Art Blooms at the Edges
What Geoff McMurchy Taught Me
Art Blooms at the Edges: Yayoi Kusama
The Heart of the Matter: Itzhak Perlman
Black Beauty: Anna Sewell
The Key of Life: Stevie Wonder
A Chair in the Sky: Charles Mingus with Joni Mitchell
Outsider: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Equals at Arthur’s Round Table: Niall McNeil and Marcus Youssef
Changing the World, One Painting at a Time: Yaniv Janson
Lesson 8. Awaken to All Your Senses
What Peggie Taught Me
Touching the Rock: John Hull
Awakening to Our Senses : Evelyn Glennie
The Swoon of the Sensuous: DJ Savarese
The Sounds of Science: Wanda Díaz-Merced
Labyrinth: Jorge Luis Borges
Transformer Man: Neil Young
In My Language: Mel Baggs
A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing: Alexander Pope
By and for Equals: Nadia Duguay and Exeko
Lesson 9. Nothing about Us without Us
What Barb Goode Taught Me
Climate Striking: Greta Thunberg
Independent Living: Ed Roberts
Accidental Activist: Alice Wong
Manifesto for Citizenship: Carmen Papalia
Disability Rocks: Heavy Load
The Equality Effect: Fiona Sampson
Breaking Bad Barriers: RJ Mitte
Everything Is about Us: Carla Qualtrough
Lesson 10. There Is No Independence without Interdependence
What Powell River Taught Me
Becoming Human: Jean Vanier
Love’s Labor: Eva Kittay
Purple, Green, and Yellow: Robert Munsch
Moonbeams: Ian Brown
The Four Walls of Her Freedom: Donna Thomson
The Untouchables: Philippe Pozzo di Borgo and Abdel Sellou
Poem for Michael: Kirsteen Main
There Is No Independence without Interdependence: Bonnie Sherr Klein
Conclusion. Life Comes from Life
Notes
Thanks
Index
About the Author
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