Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee

6 reviews

lottie1803's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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nibs's review against another edition

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challenging informative

4.5

It's not what I expected. I expected something more focused on the education system, while this book offers a broader view of kierarchal structures of society. I appreciate Lee's style of writing: honest, vulnerable, infused with autobiographical elements even though this book is non-fiction, not memoir like Eggshell Skull. All of these concepts I understood parts of have been linked together and given clarity. There are also issues that I knew were bad (Ramsey Centre, disability discrimination) but I didn't realise how bad.

4.5 stars because of the limited brush over neurodivergent people. Their experiences are so related to education systems and ideas of intelligence, but there were less than 3 pages on this and sources were predominantly from those without lived experience. An oversight. 
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mads_jpg's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Incredibly eye-opening, a very important discussion that needs to be had.
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rini's review

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Mostly a really good, worthwhile, thought-provoking read. But the ableist language used to talk about autistics wasn't great!!
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madelonpaige's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

2.0

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demo's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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