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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.43 — 18,482 ratings — published 2020
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Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.50 — 5,323 ratings — published 2018
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Feminist, Queer, Crip Feminist, Queer, Crip (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,125 ratings — published 2013
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Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 3.96 — 454 ratings — published 2006
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,553 ratings — published 1999
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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.48 — 7,305 ratings — published 2020
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The Disability Studies Reader The Disability Studies Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.29 — 309 ratings — published 1997
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Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,140 ratings — published
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Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.06 — 6,307 ratings — published 2020
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Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.21 — 312 ratings — published 1996
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A Disability History of the United States A Disability History of the United States (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,811 ratings — published 2012
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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.40 — 1,594 ratings — published 2022
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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.28 — 18,553 ratings — published 2015
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Disability Theory (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability) Disability Theory (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
by (shelved 27 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.35 — 176 ratings — published 2008
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The Rejected Body (Interaction; 11) The Rejected Body (Interaction; 11)
by (shelved 27 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.27 — 174 ratings — published 1996
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The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 3.86 — 173 ratings — published 2009
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.39 — 10,399 ratings — published 2020
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No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.09 — 690 ratings — published 1993
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Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.21 — 4,380 ratings — published 2022
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,614 ratings — published 2021
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Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.21 — 201 ratings — published 1998
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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,771 ratings — published 2024
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Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.27 — 3,055 ratings — published 2023
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Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.45 — 466 ratings — published 2019
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Feminist Disability Studies Feminist Disability Studies (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.15 — 81 ratings — published 2011
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Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body Enforcing Normalcy: Disability, Deafness, and the Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.13 — 205 ratings — published 1995
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Black Disability Politics Black Disability Politics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.50 — 316 ratings — published
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Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.43 — 77 ratings — published 2014
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Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity (Cultural Front) Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity (Cultural Front)
by (shelved 20 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.02 — 165 ratings — published 1998
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Sex and Disability Sex and Disability (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.19 — 117 ratings — published 2011
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Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.44 — 235 ratings — published 2020
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Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.42 — 786 ratings — published 2020
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The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise) The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise)
by (shelved 18 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.32 — 485 ratings — published
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Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction
by (shelved 17 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.55 — 213 ratings — published 2018
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Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.56 — 764 ratings — published 2017
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Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability) Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
by (shelved 16 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.55 — 140 ratings — published 2010
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Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.19 — 338 ratings — published 2021
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About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.39 — 575 ratings — published 2019
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 15 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.19 — 5,605 ratings — published 2019
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Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability) Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)
by (shelved 14 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.29 — 366 ratings — published
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Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions (Forecaast; V. 21) Blackness and Disability: Critical Examinations and Cultural Interventions (Forecaast; V. 21)
by (shelved 14 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.08 — 36 ratings — published 2011
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How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 3.77 — 1,479 ratings — published
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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.30 — 26,821 ratings — published 2022
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Health Communism Health Communism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,103 ratings — published 2022
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Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,286 ratings — published
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The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 3.69 — 1,374 ratings — published 2019
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QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 3.93 — 70 ratings — published 2015
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Golem Girl: A Memoir Golem Girl: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,369 ratings — published 2020
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Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (Thought in the Act) Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness (Thought in the Act)
by (shelved 12 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.40 — 188 ratings — published 2017
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Criptiques Criptiques (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as disability-studies)
avg rating 4.44 — 114 ratings — published 2014
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“Watch,' the posters tell the potential advocate, but only if you embody normalcy. For it is normalcy, the posters point out, that is endowed with the power of the qualification to see. Abnormalcy is unseeing. . . Autism is not qualified to see itself.”
Anne McGuire, War on Autism: On the Cultural Logic of Normative Violence

“Every belief, every word, every phrase, every observation, every proposition, every citation, every punctuation mark is subjected to ruthless doubt and viscious interrogation. The conventions of grammar oblige me to end most of these sentences with periods, but there are ghostly, invisible lines curling and hovering over most of these tiny dots. What I mean is that most of the periods in this book are interrogation marks in disguise. Most of these declarations are really restless questions underneath.”
La Marr Jurelle Bruce

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