Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann

31 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Chronic illness, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Violence, Antisemitism, Genocide, Medical content, Police brutality, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual harassment and Sexual assault

sammymilfort's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, and Ableism

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

An excellent account of Heumann's life and the disability rights movement in America from post-WWII to the 2010s. It did lack a little final polish, I caught several grammar mistakes and felt like the ending didn't have quite the wrap up it could have. Would definitely recommend to anyone thinking of reading it, please note it is more of a historical account than details of Heumann's day to day life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, Bullying, Misogyny, and Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Medical trauma

Minor: Racism, War, Genocide, Police brutality, Confinement, Cancer, Cursing, and Death of parent

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Medical content

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

First of all, this is fish an important book to read because Judith is such an important historical figure that not many people know much about our have even heard of her because, as she explains, the Disability Rights Movement didn't and often still doesn't get the same attention as other movements. I learned so much about pivotal moments in US history and was fascinated by Judith's life and journey. I do wish the end had talked more about what she's been up to outside of her activism and wanted more detail in the beginning about how she got started in this work. She does talk about it, it just feels like it goes by really quickly compared to like the sit-in part.

Overall, in really glad I read this one. It's so powerful seeing the work that people like Judith were putting in behind the scenes and what they thought of events as they unfolded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Ableism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abortion

staylorreads's review against another edition

inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

internationalreads's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

caseythereader's review against another edition

hopeful informative fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Body shaming

Moderate: Alcohol and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

dalcecilruno's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective

5.0

Disability Awareness Matters
To those interested in learning more about the history of disability rights in the United States, this memoir by Judith Heumann is a fantastic starter point. The narration is a clear and honest depiction of the injustices and struggles as Heumann became an important voice for disability rights.
The memoir touches upon the topic of disability awareness around the world, but the main focus is of course in the fight for human rights in the United States, being Heumann’s birth place.
Can’t recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

streberkatze's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Child abuse