One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Alice Wong has collated this galvanising collection of contemporary essays by disabled people. This anthology gives a glimpse into the rich complexity of the disabled experience, highlighting the passions, talents, and everyday lives of this community. It invites readers to question their own understandings. It celebrates and documents disability culture in the now. It looks to the future and the past with hope and love.

In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called “the pretty one” by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute.

In Feminist, Queer, Crip Alison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies. Challenging the ways in which ideas about the future and time have been deployed in the service of compulsory able-bodiedness and able-mindedness, Kafer rejects the idea of disability as a pre-determined limit. She juxtaposes theories, movements, and identities such as environmental justice, reproductive justice, cyborg theory, transgender politics, and disability that are typically discussed in isolation and envisions new possibilities for crip futures and feminist/queer/crip alliances.

Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with six directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamourous family’s mansion. But when she enlists Red in her mission to rebel, she learns things about him that no spy session could teach her. Like why he clearly resents Chloe’s wealthy background. And why he never shows his art to anyone. And what really lies beneath his rough exterior…

Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from all sides. Eva struggles with chronic, debilitating migraines. Shane Hall is a reclusive, enigmatic, award-winning literary author who, to everyone's surprise, shows up in New York. When Shane and Eva meet unexpectedly at a literary event, sparks fly, raising not only their past buried traumas, but the eyebrows of New York's Black literati. No one is aware that the two knew each other 20 years ago in one chaotic week of romance.

This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more. Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives of disabled people in the past, present, and future.

Five-year-old Joe Hughes displays clear signs of communication problems and consistently isolates himself by listening to pop music through large blue and black headphones. However, it is later discovered by Joe's grandfather, Maurice, that Alison and Paul have been taking him to hospital for his communication problems. Other family members know there is a problem, however, their attempts to intervene are met with obstruction from Joe's parents. After originally believing Joe had hearing problems, their otolaryngologist refers Joe to a specialist who diagnoses him as autistic.

Special is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Ryan O'Connell for Netflix. Starring O'Connell, the series is a semi-autobiographical account of his life as a gay man with cerebral palsy pursuing new friendships, relationships, and self-sufficiency. It is based on O'Connell's memoir I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves. Special is a distinctive and uplifting new series about a gay man, Ryan, with mild cerebral palsy who decides to rewrite his identity and finally go after the life he wants.

Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins, Indiana, during the 1980s. The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy, but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural, including those that involve human test subjects. Inadvertently, they have created a portal to an alternate dimension, "the Upside Down". The influence of the Upside Down starts to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways. Four school boys become tangled up as the mystery unfolds..

Crip Camp starts in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in New York described as a "loose, free-spirited camp designed for teens with disabilities". The ground-breaking summer camp galvanises a group of teens with disabilities to help build a movement, forging a new path to greater equality. The documentary follows the campers as they turn themselves into activists for the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation.

The plot follows a young man with Down syndrome who escapes from an assisted living facility and befriends a wayward fisherman on the run. As the two men form a rapid bond, a social worker attempts to track them.

Based on the bestselling book by Naoki Higashida, this is an immersive cinematic exploration neurodiversity through the experiences of non-speaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida’s revelatory descriptions of his autism, written when he was 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people.

Power Not Pity explores the lives of disabled people of colour everywhere! Through storytelling, commentary and analysis, the podcast aims to amplify the lived experiences and perspectives of disabled people. In an effort to break down the systemic barriers that keep disabled people of colour silenced, this show serves as a vehicle to dismantle ableism with grace, humour and downright determination.

A podcast and resource hub for people with disabilities and those who care. It was created to create a community where sharing experiences can shift the narrative around disability and lead to self-empowerment. The hosts speak openly around what it means to have a disability, and what it doesn't mean. By sharing their stories, the hosts hope to influence thought leaders, companies, and to help empower people with a disability and the professionals who work with them.

Founded in 2019 the podcast’s mission is to powerfully deconstruct disability through candid conversations with experts exploring topics related to disability. The podcast looks to educate, empower, voice and build a more inclusive society. The hosts aim to disarm the negative and oppressive stigma on disability through charming, open, mindful conversations – all to redefine what it means to be disabled and to have a disability.

Greenbankis a charity that works to provide disabled people and other disadvantaged groups in Liverpool with relevant opportunities in areas such as education, sport and recreation.

ABLEize is a non-profit online directory run by and for disabled people, their carers and families. It searches out and highlights local and national resources of disability interest groups such as support groups, sports, education and the arts.

Wellbeing Liverpool is an online resource of local disability and mental health resources including clubs, groups and activities to get involved in.

The Brain Charityis a Liverpool based charity that provides practical help, emotional support and social activities to thousands of people across the UK, supporting individuals with neurological conditions, their families, friends and carers