Against Technoableism : Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

Against Technoableism : Rethinking Who Needs ImprovementWhen bioethicist and professor Ashley Shew became a self described hard of hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohns disease and tinnitus, there was no returning to normal. Suddenly well meaning people called her an inspiration while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people dont want what the abled assume they wantnor are they generally asked. Almost everyone will experience disability at some

and tears (of difficulty but also of joy

or someone who thrives with an ever expanding collection of fidgets and sensory tools

and sympathetic

often outrageously funny

With advice on all the day-to-day experiences such as preparing for school

and live your best neurodivergent life

thank-yous

written by Naoki Higashida when he was only thirteen

With both a lyrical love of tradition and incisive political analysis

Drawing insights from the hard-won wisdom of disabled folks who've forged difference into fierce and luminous cultural dissent

British social entrepreneur

and coping with sensory overload