Being seen : one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism

Being seen : one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism / Elsa Sjunneson.

"As a Deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness--much to the confusion of the world around her. While she cannot see well enough to operate without a guide dog or cane, she can s...

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Main Author: Sjunneson, Elsa, 1985- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon Element, [2022]
Edition:First Simon Element trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Sjunneson, Elsa, > 1985-
Deafblind people > United States > Biography.
Deafblind women > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities.
People with disabilities in mass media.
Discrimination against people with disabilities.
Mass media.
Women.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • The Building Blocks of Blindness: Hi, I'm Elsa
  • We Need to Talk about Helen: Breaking Gibson's Mythology
  • Language Acquisition Through the Sound Barrier and Other Deafblind Mysteries
  • My Body and Other Histories
  • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Identify Ableism: A Lesson in Radiation Poisoning
  • Your Vision of Blindness is Impaired: The Monolith of Blindness in Media
  • How I Learned to Drive, Play With Swords, And Other Things You Shouldn't Do At Home
  • Yes, Virginia, Even Blind Men Can Be Assholes: The Intersection of Disability and Gender
  • The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Surviving Ableist Violence Through the Lens of Horror
  • Cripping My Dance Card: Required Reading for People Who Want to Date Me (But my Relatives Should Close the Book)
  • Coming Out of the Closet: But Only If It's ADA Compliant
  • There Are No Blind Moms on TV: Disability & Parenthood Stigma
  • I Am Not a Teaching Tool: Medicalizing the Disabled Body
  • Welcome to the Cyberpunk Future, It's In My Ears: Disability and Science Fiction
  • We Have Always Thrived in the Castle: Defying Ableism to Become Yourself
  • Cane in One Hand, Protest Sign in the Other: A View of Police Brutality and Disability
  • Hindsight is 20/20, Except if You're Me and then it's [REDACTED].

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