Description
Description
- How do we create inclusive events?
- What are the advantages of hiring disabled employees, and what market opportunities are we missing out on when we don't consider disabled consumers? With contributions from disability advocates, activists, authors, entrepreneurs, scholars, educators, and executives, Yu celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to foster the proximity, intimacy, and humanity of disability identities that have far too often been "othered" and rendered invisible.
About the Author
About the Author
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
--Haben Girma, bestselling author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law "Tiffany Yu's The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is brilliantly written and very well researched! It provides a much-needed framework for any discussion of Ableism and methods for defeating this deeply harmful practice of supremacism. Credibility comes from Yu's lived experience with disability and her powerful way of expressing its harm and how to stop it."--John D. Kemp, cofounder of the American Association of People with Disabilities, author of Disability Friendly: How to Move from Clueless to Inclusive "Tiffany Yu just made my life a lot easier with this thorough, yet approachable, guide to disability and ableism. From now on, when someone asks me how to become a better disability ally, I'm simply going to hand them this book. Our world has needed a book like this for a long time."--Shane Burcaw, author of Laughing at My Nightmare "For the first time, we have a comprehensive guide outlining the steps to transform a world entrenched in ableism. Tiffany Yu has given us that gift."--Sasha Hamdani, MD, Board-Certified Psychiatrist and author of Self-Care for People with ADHD "The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is a vital resource that will shape how we understand and confront ableism. This book is essential reading for anyone committed to equity, inclusion, and meaningful allyship. I'll be using it as a reference for years to come."--Liz Plank, international bestselling author of For the Love of Men "An insightful guide....Interweaving her own disability experience into the account--a car accident at age nine paralyzed the author's arm and led to a PTSD diagnosis many years later--Yu overviews many different aspects of ableism....While Yu carefully untangles the ways in which ableism insidiously shapes everything from language and the economy to TV, her most valuable contributions are concrete tips for approaching others' disabilities with awareness and sensitivity, including scripts for asking people if their access needs are being met without demanding they explain their limitations. Readers will find this to be a sensitive and helpful resource."--Publishers Weekly "Tiffany Yu has created an essential field guide to help people learn about ableism, how to navigate the ways it permeates everyday life, and what to do about it. The Anti-Ableist Manifesto will help those unfamiliar with ableism and those outraged by it learn how to combat it. The Anti-Ableist Manifesto will be required reading for decades to come."--Eric Garcia, author of We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation "The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is a guide for everyone. Tiffany Yu has a way of mapping out ableism and bias that is digestible and eye-opening. This book will help the disabled community create extraordinary progress!"--Ali Stroker, Tony Award-winning actress and coauthor of The Chance to Fly
"Yu offers an impressive barrage of simple strategies, proactive tools, and action items to aid readers in becoming better allies to people with both apparent and nonapparent disabilities, and she includes 'reflection questions' at the conclusion of each chapter. Perhaps the most useful and effective section in the book details how readers can make active, consistent contributions to demarginalizing disabled populations through awareness and civic and social engagement. In this universal appeal for societal change, Yu convincingly bridges the gap between those already sensitive to the disabled and those with lessons yet to learn. A practical, educative guide to empowering and respectfully approaching people with disabilities."
--Kirkus Review"Whether we know it yet or not, this is the book we have all been waiting for. In the ongoing fight for equity, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is the weapon we have been calling for to both empower our own community and inspire new allyship. We must either commit her words to memory or keep a copy on us at all times, to save us the hassle and undue burden of having to educate others about the impact of ableism, Tiffany has done the work for us. I defy anyone who reads this powerful and urgently needed manifesto not to be galvanized into action."
--Sophie Morgan, writer of Driving Forwards, Columnist, Co-Founder of Making Space & Making Space Media "Wow--I wish this book had existed when I became disabled....It would have made my journey as a disabled person, as well as my family and my family, much smoother."--Meg Fozzard, Journalist and Producer, including of the VR experience "Cripping Up"
"Tiffany Yu's The Anti-Ableist Manifesto is a powerful journey, merging personal narratives with collective insights to confront and dismantle ableism. As someone deeply immersed in the study of prejudice, including the often-overlooked discrimination faced by people with disabilities, I find that Yu delivers a timely and indispensable guide."
--Amy Cuddy, New York Times Bestselling Author of Presence
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