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Hearing people talk about the time they first "saw" themselves in a book, is always bittersweet for me.
Because I will never have that.
And when I say that...the comeback is "why don't you write it."
Because I will never have that.
And when I say that...the comeback is "why don't you write it."
And oh have I tried.
And how others have tried.
And we try.
And publishing--says nah.
And how others have tried.
And we try.
And publishing--says nah.
Then I think about all the disabled kids who have to understand that hard truth that they are absent from our shelves.
Then, they have to learn that the only way to change that is they have to do it.
And then the industry they are welcomed into is an industry not for them.
And an industry that would rather buy an abled writer's lie about their life.
And then the industry they are welcomed into is an industry not for them.
And an industry that would rather buy an abled writer's lie about their life.
Will it change?
Sometimes it is hard for me to find hope.
But I wish.
Sometimes it is hard for me to find hope.
But I wish.
If you want to change --
When you are on a panel, and you ask about POCs and LGBTQs panelists...ask about disabled writers.
When you read disabled narratives...investigate if they are disabled and if not, read skeptically.
When you are on a panel, and you ask about POCs and LGBTQs panelists...ask about disabled writers.
When you read disabled narratives...investigate if they are disabled and if not, read skeptically.
I will also caveat some of this with this.
I have a rare disability. I know the likelihood of seeing myself in a book is already small.
But that creates a belief that I do not deserve to be in society or in stories.
I have a rare disability. I know the likelihood of seeing myself in a book is already small.
But that creates a belief that I do not deserve to be in society or in stories.
