Content note: Mentions of ableism, including internalized ableism, impacting people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and other chronic illnesses By Penny Joelson You can’t go out. You’re stuck indoors for an indefinite time. There’s an illness, with no known cure, preventing you from living … [Read more...] about People With Chronic Illness Are Missing From YA Fiction
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5 MG and YA Novelists with Disabled Characters Share What Inspired Their Stories
Editor's note: We Need Diverse Books has decided to update the original list of books, which included 7 titles, to remove A Monster Like Me by Wendy S. Swore and Ziggy, Stardust & Me by James Brandon. We were made aware of the Native representation in these books by Debbie Reese. For more … [Read more...] about 5 MG and YA Novelists with Disabled Characters Share What Inspired Their Stories
How Stories About Disability Help Create Empathy
By Karol Silverstein This story was first published in The Glass House. It happens to me regularly. I’ll be in a grocery store, a restaurant, maybe on the sidewalk in front of my apartment building, heading for the garage. A group of kids spots me and freezes—startled by my hand deformities, … [Read more...] about How Stories About Disability Help Create Empathy
