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sparkdust's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
HAD TO RETURN TO THE LIBRARY :(
GOT ANOTHER COPY!!! It was good :]
GOT ANOTHER COPY!!! It was good :]
curatoriallyyours's review against another edition
The author makes sweeping statements without sufficient thought given to the practicalities of what she is suggesting or the nuances of disability. Some of her statements are factually incorrect and she appears more concerned with performing care for the disabled community than actually caring. She also does not identify as a disabled person herself but is the parent to a non-speaking autistic daughter. Her examples of creating community for her daughter are actually examples of creating community for the parents of non-speaking autistic children. I doubt very much that her daughter had much say in who her new “friends” were. All in all, this book was disappointing and was not worth my time.
mquell's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
At times it could feel a bit repetitive, but I assume that was really to drive home the point.
I am a very visual person and struggle to maintain attention with just abstract concepts being stated. Fink wove in their personal stories which really helped me to see the problems in action and how they experiences them
I am a very visual person and struggle to maintain attention with just abstract concepts being stated. Fink wove in their personal stories which really helped me to see the problems in action and how they experiences them
mngwa's review
emotional
fast-paced
2.75
Well researched excepted she clearly didn't talk to enough people who are adults functioning in the world who are disabled. The end result came of as appropriatative and an attempt to support her daughter's autism specifically rather than the community as a whole.
calamity_cal's review against another edition
I picked this book up at the library because the topic sounded interesting. I read the intro which was boring and like the first 5 pages of the first chapter. Maybe I should've read more but the author was kind of annoying, the whole intro were she made a bunch of promises about her book pissed me off. Especially the "commitment to plain language" bit. This book was written in academic language which was fine but to brand it as something accessible to everyone is wrong. I just felt like I'd rather be reading a fiction book so I DNFd. Non-disabled people can write about disability but that doesn't mean I have to GAF.
space_cat's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
ruairiee's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
As a disabled person, I deeply appreciate the authors approach to talking about disability and her family. This book is compassionate and very humanizing and I wish that all non-disabled people, especially parents, took this kind of care and attentiveness to talking about disability.
aphoenixwriting's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
4.25
courtneyfalling's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
3.5
I really wanted this to be a 5-star read, but it feels very introductory compared to the level of scholarship and writing that I wanted. It has a lot of heart and I absolutely agree about the disabled ancestry I long to know/to have not had erased from my lineage, as well as the future disabled ancestry I want to foster. But this could've been a really good personal memoir OR a really good set of research had the author committed more.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Mentions eugenics.