The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging

People with disabilities (PWDs) have the same aspirations for their lives as you do for yours. The difference is that PWDs don't have the same access to education, employment, housing, transportation and healthcare in order to achieve their goals. In The Disability Experience you'll meet people with different kinds of disabilities, and you'll begin to understand the ways PWDs have been ignored, reviled and marginalized throughout history. The book also celebrates the triumphs and achievements of PWDs and shares the powerful stories of those who have fought for change.

Author: Hannalora Leavitt
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 04/13/2021
Pages: 185
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781459819283

About the Author
Leavitt, Hannalora: -

Hannalora Leavitt is a writer living in Victoria, British Columbia. She lost most of her vision by the age of 12 due to cancer and spent two years at a residential school for the blind, where she lived and learned alongside her blind peers. She works to demystify disability through her writing and public speaking, with her loyal guide dog, Ogden, at her side. Hannalora holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Victoria. The Disability Experience is her first book.

Wuthrich, Belle: -

Belle Wuthrich is an illustrator and designer specializing in books for young readers. Based in Vancouver, Belle has contributed to more than a dozen books for kids, a number of which have won awards or been republished internationally, including the Montaigne Medal-winning Eyes and Spies: How You're Tracked and Why You Should Know and the Silver Birch Award nominee Eat Up: An Infographic Exploration of Food.