In the Year 2023, I read a few books on Disability characters, And all of them have been written around in the last decade They all have had a personal connection with the author and the story.
The disability ranging from intellectual to physical disabilities. Have only made it more human to have a sense of fulfilment of how fortunate they are those who haven’t gone through any of these experiences, that challenges ones existence for a small task that seem simple to the ones who are completely mobile or have all their senses functioning to the fullest.
Whether it was The housekeeper and the professor. A story about a professor who has only 80 minutes of memory in a day and he likes to associate with numbers. To Elena a story about a missing daughter and a mothers struggle to find her daughter while the mother is suffering from Parkinson’s.
To the injustice the disabled have to deal with in the “disability visibility by Alice Wong.”
To a child who suffers from autism is being curious about a dogs death and how he associates certain daily activities for his day or week to go by.
“True Biz about Deafness “in a world that can see. Through sign language one could learn to communicate with another deaf person.
“Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow “protagonist who has been physically hurt by an accident. And how he has to bring certain changes into his life.
These stories have been pushing the acceptance of what these disabilities are and why one shouldn’t take advantage and be more considerate to the ones who have to deal with so much from the ones around them.
These stories aren’t just about children, but also about Adults who have more challenges to face than the younger ones.
While these are the books! The question that comes to mind is Films and television.
What controls them & stops them from adapting these stories, that could have a wider reach and be more influential in accepting disabilities?
These books out there only have pushed the boundaries of acceptance of the existence of disabilities that we haven’t made any arrangements for.
Best Books on Disability: I have Read
- Disability Visibility by Alice Wong
- Elena Knows by Claudia Pinerio
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
- Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow by Gabriell Zevin
- True Biz by Sara Novic
- The Housekeeper and the Professor by Ogawa
- The Diary of Murder by Kim Young-ha
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