Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness
$64.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
A bold and contemporary discourse of the intersection of disability studies and queer studiesCrip Theory attends to the contemporary cultures of disability and queerness that are coming out all over. Both disability studies and queer theory are centrally concerned with how bodies, pleasures, and identit ...Show more
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
$29.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
Disabled people are the world's largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But many of us--disabled and non-disabled alike--don't know how to act, what to say, or how to be an ally to the disability community. Demystifying Disability is a friendly handbook on important disabilit ...Show more
Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after by Chloé Hayden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old actor, social media star and advocate Chloé Hayden. Growing up, Chloé Hayden felt like she'd crash-landed on an alien planet where nothing made sense. Eye contact? Small talk? And WHY are you people so t ...Show more
Disability in Australia: Exposing a Social Apartheid by Newell C J
$54.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
Dares to name and explore a hidden blight in society: the routine, daily and oppressive treatment of people with disabilities. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from health and welfare, sport, biotechnology, deinstitutionalisation, political life, and the treatment of refugees, this thoughtful, li ...Show more
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed For You by Jenara Nerenberg
$29.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women--those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder--exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish. As a successful Harvard and Berkeley- ...Show more
Earshot: A Photographic Collection of Stories on Deafness and Hearing Loss by Kate Disher-Quill
$49.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
Through intimate personal portrayals using photography and honest and poignant storytelling, Earshot takes us into the world of deafness, and brings to light a myriad of experiences and issues surrounding this complex theme - everything from the daily reality of hearing aids, cochlear implants, lip read ...Show more
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare
$44.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
First published in 1999, the groundbreaking Exile and Pride is essential to the history and future of disability politics. Eli Clare's revelatory writing about his experiences as a white disabled genderqueer activist/writer established him as one of the leading writers on the intersections of queerness ...Show more
Exploring Disability by Colin Barnes
$39.95 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
The second edition of this widely used text has been carefully rewritten to ensure that it is up-to-date with cutting-edge debates, evidence, and policy changes. Since the book's initial publication, there has been an expansion of interest in disability in the social sciences, and disability has come to ...Show more
From Here to Maternity - Pregnancy and Motherhood on the Autism Spectrum by Lana Grant
$39.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
Already the mother of five children, Lana Grant's late diagnosis of autism at age 38 transformed her experience of her sixth pregnancy. Based on her own experiences of the challenges and joys of pregnancy and motherhood, this witty, entertaining read provides insight into the unique challenges encounter ...Show more
Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism: Voices from Across the Spectrum by Eva A. Mendes; Meredith R. Maroney; Wenn Lawson (Foreword by)
$50.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies
Bringing together a collection of narratives from those who are on the autism spectrum whilst also identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and/or asexual (LGBTQIA), this book explores the intersection of the two spectrums as well as the diverse experiences that come with it. ...Show more
Go the Way Your Blood Beats by Emmett de Monterey
$55.00 AUD
Category: Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir
AN EXTRAORDINARILY MOVING AND ORIGINAL MEMOIR OF GROWING UP GAY AND DISABLED IN 1980S LONDON When Emmett de Monterey is eighteen months old, a doctor diagnoses him with cerebral palsy. Words too heavy for his twenty-five-year-old artist parents and their happy, smiling baby.Growing up in south-east Lon ...Show more
Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay
$29.99 AUD
Category: Disability Studies | Series: Growing Up
'My body and its place in the world seemed quite normal to me.' 'I didn't grow up disabled, I grew up with a problem. A problem those around me wanted to fix.' 'We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.' 'The diagnosis helped but it didn't fix everything.' 'Don't fear the labe ...Show more