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“resting is a more important craft than writing”

Nerve: Unlearning Workshop Ableism to Develop Your Disabled Writing Practice by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

June 25, 2025 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Many of my hobbies are word-based. I read books, I review them, and I write short form narratives. The writing is for fun, something that I’ve reclaimed as enjoyable following academic writing. I have a group of friends that get together and workshop what we’re working on a few times a year – although most of our time is spent visiting as we don’t see each other much outside of these meetups anymore.   My writing has always been in fits and starts. If my brain […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ableism, books about writing, chap book, craft, creativity, disability books, Nerve, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:26 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Ableism, books about writing, chap book, craft, creativity, disability books, Nerve, Sarah Fawn Montgomery, we need diverse books ·
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Too Often Disability Remains a Mystery

Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

November 14, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I read NTE’s review of Demystifying Disability and immediately put it on my library request list since a good, 101-level introduction to current disability discourse is just a very good idea to read full stop, but highly relevant to my life. And if it got the NTE stamp of approval, then it was an easy choice for me. At work we’re taking part in an IMLS funded project in partnership between the NYU Ability Project and the Intrepid Museum that is focused on improving the […]

Filed Under: Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ability Project, Ableism, Demystifying Disability, disability books, disability etiquette, Emily Ladau, faintingviolet

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:55 · Genres: Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ability Project, Ableism, Demystifying Disability, disability books, disability etiquette, Emily Ladau, faintingviolet ·
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Not Everything Makes The List

My Brother Has Autism by Deborah Woo-Ming

Some Kids Have Autism by Martha E.H. Rustad

July 3, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

So: I’m cycling through a lot of disability rep books this month, since it’s Disability Pride Month and since I am continuing to work on lists of resources for books with/by/for/about disabled people, lives, histories, & characters. I have so many books to investigate, and I’m going through a bunch of them to see if they’re worth adding them as resources, and it’s really important to note that not everything makes the list. Just because a book has disabled main characters does not mean it is […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: autism, Autistic, Deborah Woo-Ming, deborha woo-ming, disability books, disability pride month, martha e h rustad, my brother has autism, not good resources, resources, some kids have autism

NTE's CBR13 Review No:21 · Genres: Children's Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: autism, Autistic, Deborah Woo-Ming, deborha woo-ming, disability books, disability pride month, martha e h rustad, my brother has autism, not good resources, resources, some kids have autism ·
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