UK Disability History Month
Introduction
18th November - 20th December 2021
UK Disability History month is an annual event, celebrating and creating discussions around the history of disability rights and experiences in the UK and around the world. This year, the themes are sex and relationships and hidden impairments.
This Year's Selection
This year's selection consists of both books and ebooks by disabled authors. They are on display on Level 1 of the main library. A further selection of books are on display near the lifts on Level 1. All books are available to borrow.
Chosen Books 2021
Disfigured: On Fairytales, Disability and Making Space
Amanda Leduc
A look at how fairytales influence expectations and beahviour towards disability
Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation
Eli Clare
Essays exploring home as place, community, body, identity and activism
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World
Elinor Cleghorn
Unpacking the roots of perpetual misunderstanding and misdiagnosis of women's bodies
Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg
Emily Rapp Black
A personal examination of how the experiences, art and disabilities of Frida Kahlo shaped her life as an amputee
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Collection of essays exploring politics of disability justice, with the lives of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black and brown people at the centre.
The Mind's Eye
Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people (including himself) who are able to navigate the world despite losing senses and abilities related to sight
The Amazing Edie Eckhart
Rosie Jones
This debut children's book from comedian Rosie Jones is the endearing and laugh-out-loud story of the eponymous Edie; a schoolgirl with cerebral palsy and a love of performance.
Reading and Writing Disability Differently
Tanya Titchkosky
Unpacks the marginality of disabled people by addressing how our existence is configured in everyday literature society