Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay

Growing Up Disabled in Australia

Growing Up

Carly Findlay with Alistair Baldwin, Andy Jackson, Anna Whateley, Astrid Edwards, Belinda Downes, Carly-Jay Metcalfe, Chantel Bongiovanni, Cubbie Mako, Dion Beasley, El Gibbs, Eliza Hull, Emma Di Bernardo, Fiona Murphy, Frances Henke, Gayle Kennedy, Hannah Sidney, Iman Shaanu, Isis Holt, Jane Rosengrave, Jasmine Shirrefs, Jessica Knight, Jessica Walton, Jordon Steele-John, K.Z. Barton, Kath Duncan, Kerri-ann Messenger, Khanh Nguyen, Kit Kavanagh-Ryan, Lauren Poole, Lucy Carpenter, Marla Bishop, Melanie Rees, Natalia Wikana, Oliver Mills, Olivia Muscat, Patrick Gunasekera, Ricky Buchanan, Robin M. Eames, Sam Drummond, Sandi Parsons, Sarah Firth, Tim Slade, Todd Winther, Tom Middleditch, Tully Zygier, Yvonne Fein

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays health memoir emotional reflective medium-paced

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'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 h...

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informative 82%
emotional 78%
reflective 77%
challenging 51%
hopeful 40%
inspiring 37%
funny 24%
sad 12%
lighthearted 4%
dark 2%
relaxing 2%
adventurous 1%

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fast 17%
slow 15%

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