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Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives
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- ISBN
- 9781410388049 9781410388070
- Publisher
- Macmillan Reference USA: Gale Cengage
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Starred Review on October 1, 2019 | Reference
Using the broad definition of disability established by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which "includes physical, cognitive, and learning disabilities, mental illness, chronic illness, eating disorders, and addiction," Couser (emeritus, Hofstra Univ; Memoir: An Introduction) and Mintz (English, Skidmore Coll.; Hurt & Pain: Literature and the Suffering Body) examine memoirs and other personal narratives by those living with dyslexia, depression, autism, Lyme disease, spinal injur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
