forestine's comment on Too late to die young - The Library of the Uncommons

forestine finished reading Too late to die young by Harriet McBryde Johnson

Harriet McBryde Johnson: Too late to die young

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A civil rights advocate for people with disabilities describes the congenital neuromuscular disease that rendered …

I wanted to recommend some books throughout Disability Pride Month (July) and realized bookwyrm might be the easiest way to do it.

Too Late to Die Young really changed the way I think about disability and disability justice, and especially disabled activism and rage.

From the jacket: "The author isn't sure, but she thinks one of her earliest memories was learning that she will die."

really really really recommend this one.

#DisabilityPrideMonth

epicdemiologist replied to forestine's status

@forestine Hearty second; excellent book. I recommend Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson and Lessons in Laughter by Bernard Bragg. The title of the latter does not at ALL mean what you think it means.

forestine replied to forestine's status

image description for book jacket as bookwyrm is just putting the title there. A photo of the author, Harriet McBryde Johnson, a thin white woman with brown hair in a tight ponytail, sitting in her wheelchair with a blanket in her lap. She is leaning forward with her hand under her chin and looking directly into the camera with a slight smile. She is sitting outside in front of a tree. The photo is framed in a slightly crooked rectangle and the subtitle is "nearly true tales from a life".