September Book Club: Against Technoableism

September Book: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew

Location: Diamond Back Brewing Locust Point

Description:
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability, and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.

When bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self-described “hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn’s disease and tinnitus,” there was no returning to “normal.” Suddenly well-meaning people called her an “inspiration” while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry.

In a warm, feisty voice and vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community.

Where to find?
Enoch Pratt Audio book
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Journalism or Collection of Essays
What is this genre? Authors like Mary Roach, Ronan Farrow or Malcolm Gladwell; Books like All the President's Men, Bad Feminist, or Race and the American Idea

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