"Disabled children (as well as disabled adults) need to read books with characters that share similar disabilities and experiences as they do; disability is a way of life that should be depicted in literature. There are many tropes that exist in literature that do not empower us, but rather, perpetrate stereotypes such as magically curing us, or that disability is a great tragedy to experience. I want my book to buck against those inaccurate accounts on what living with a disability is like so that we will know that this life is not bad or tragic, and to know that it is okay to love yourself fully, and to not be ashamed of who, what, and how you are that makes you different from everyone else."
- Vilissa Thompson of @rampyourvoice in this week’s Badass Ladies You Should Know profile

(Source: katehart.net, via badassladiesyoushouldknow)
May 04, 2016
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