A review by murryloub
The Disability Experience: Working Toward Belonging by Hannalora Leavitt

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

3.0

3/5 - As co-founder of Field Inclusive, I’m always looking for good books on disability issues & how we might accommodate those in our work. This book was pretty decent, although I didnt learn much new from it - it’s a very basic intro book with a heavy focus on sensory disabilities. The author is from Canada, so does not have to consider the financial strain of disability health care. In addition, there’s no mention of intersections of race or gender. 

However, it did a good job at highlighting some of the limitations of disability rights. For example (based on the author’s true story), if a PWD needs to bring their service dog into the doctor’s office, but the doctor denies due to his dog allergies, who is in the right? What should be done about that? What if it was the same scenario, but with a restaurant owner? Definitely much to consider when it comes to accessibility & inclusivity. I also appreciated that it was short & engaging!