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Disability and Journalism: Writing from People with Disabilities

A practical guide with links to suggestions on how journalists should write about people with disabilities, as well as testimonies and examples of the work of journalists with disabilities

Books

KU announces selection of 2022-2023 Common Book | The University of Kansas

Books | Charles Krauthammer

Books by People with Disabilities

Alice Wong, Journalist and Disability Activist

Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People (2018)

Buy: Barnes and Noble

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (2020)

Check out: Mizzou Libraries

Buy: Indiebound

Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults): 17 First-Person Stories for Today (2021)

Check out: DBRL Columbia

Buy: Indiebound

Year of The Tiger: An Activist's Life (2022)

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Buy: Indiebound

Charles Krauthammer, Journalist and Disability Activist

Things That Matter

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Buy: Website

The Point of It All

Check out: Mizzou Journalism Library

Buy: Website

Helen Keller, Author, Educator, and Disability Activist

Buy her books on Thriftbooks.com

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Mizzou Libraries

DBRL Columbia

Books

The World I Live In And Optimism - (dover Books On Literature & Drama) By Helen  Keller (paperback) : Target

Helen Keller Books | List of books by author Helen Keller