6 Top history books like Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability) by Jay Timothy Dolmage

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Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)

By: Jay Timothy Dolmage

4.37

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the way…

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1. The Rose That Grew from Concrete

By: Tupac Shakur

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

This collection of more than 100 poems that honestly and artfully confront topics ranging from pove… read more

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  • nonfiction
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2. A Disability History of the United States

By: Kim E. Nielsen

4.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability… read more

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  • history
  • disability
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability studies
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3. Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

By: Eli Clare , Suzanne Pharr

4.37

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

“Eli Clare works a vital alchemy. . . . Using the language of the elemental world, he delineates a … read more

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  • disability
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability studies
"The body as home, but only if it is understood that bodies are never singular, but rather haunted, strengthened, underscored by countless other bodies."

-Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

"Laugh and cry and tell stories. Sad stories about bodies stolen, bodies no longer here. Enraging stories about the false images, devastating lies, untold violence. Bold, brash stories about reclaimin…"

-Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

"I want to sharpen my pride on what strengthens me, my witness on what haunts me. Whatever we name ourselves, however we end up shattering our self-hatred, shame, silence, and isolation, the goal is t…"

-Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

"The mannerisms that help define gender - the way in which people walk,swing their hips, gesture with their hands, move their mouths and eyes when they talk, take up space - are all based upon how non…"

-Eli Clare, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation

4. My Body Is a Book of Rules

By: Elissa Washuta

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

As Elissa Washuta makes the transition from college kid to independent adult, she finds herself ove… read more

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5. Critical Race Theory: An Introduction

By: Richard Delgado , Jean Stefancic

4.62

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

For well over a decade, critical race theory--the school of thought that holds that race lies at th… read more

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6. The Removed

By: Brandon Hobson

3.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic d… read more

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"I saw the rain lifting from earth to sky."

-Brandon Hobson, The Removed

"We are always restless, carrying the dreams of children and the elderly, the tired and sick, the poor, the wounded. The Removed."

-Brandon Hobson, The Removed

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7. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
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8. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

By: Alice Wong

4.47

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, oth… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability
"Just knowing your rights (or your worth or value) will never be enough if you are powerless to force someone else to respect them."

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

"The peculiar drama of my life has placed me in a world that by and large thinks it would be better if people like me did not exist. My fight has been for accommodation, the world to me and me to the …"

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

"Advocacy is for all of us; advocacy is a way of life. It is a natural response to the injustice and inequality in the world. While you and I may not have sole responsibility for these inequities, tha…"

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

"He understood that each individual group’s liberation was inextricably linked to the other—that justice and liberation could only be had if we all stand together and fight for the rights and libertie…"

-Alice Wong, Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century

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9. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

By: Emily Ladau

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable step… read more

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  • history
  • disability
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • disability studies
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10. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

By: Bettina L. Love

4.54

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision … read more

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  • history
  • academic
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
"When you understand how these theories function, when they become your North Star, you understand why progress is so hard and why survival is a constant struggle. Theories are more than just academic…"

-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

"The four major testing companies—Pearson Education, Educational Testing Service, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill—make $2 billion a year in revenue while spending $20 million a year lobbyin…"

-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

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11. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.55

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability studies
  • disability
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

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12. Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

By: Bettina L. Love

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bett… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
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13. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

By: Chloé Hayden

4.34

Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • disability
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."

-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

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14. Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

By: Nick Walker

4.37

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h… read more

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  • disability
  • nonfiction
  • disability studies
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs mo…"

-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

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15. The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.46

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disa… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability studies
  • disability
"There is no one disabled future. But in mine, there is guaranteed income, housing, access, food, water, and education for all—or money has been abolished. I get paid to write from my bed. The births …"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

"Sometimes I feel impatient about how much ableism has forced us to emphasize accessibility to get people to pay even a modicum of attention to it. Collective access is revolutionary because disabled …"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

"A future where disability justice won looks like queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, folks of colour, and women, girls, and nonbinary humans are living in a world where disability is the norm, and where…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

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16. Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

By: Evy Poumpouras

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo’s Spy Games Evy Poumpouras shares lessons learned fro… read more

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  • nonfiction
"I wasn't unstoppable, but I was harder to stop."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"I know fear keeps us alive, but I also know that fear keeps us from living."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"Fear is like fire, if you extinguish it while it's small, it won't become an inferno."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

"become a counter-predator willing to defend yourself against anyone who tries to overpower you."

-Evy Poumpouras, Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly

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17. Linguistic Justice: Black Language, Literacy, Identity, and Pedagogy

By: April Baker-Bell

4.64

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Bringing together theory, research, and practice to dismantle Anti-Black Linguistic Racism and whit… read more

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  • academia
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
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18. Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

By: Alice Wong

4.30

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revol… read more

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  • disability
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability studies
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19. How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education)

By: Joshua R. Eyler

4.05

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

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  • nonfiction
  • academic
  • education
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20. Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education (Corporealities: Discourses Of Disability)

By: Jay Timothy Dolmage

4.37

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the way… read more

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  • disability
  • politics
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  • social justice
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21. Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes

By: Flower Darby

4.14

Format: 288 pages, ebook

Find out how to apply learning science in online classes The concept of small teaching is simple: … read more

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