Lhike, abelism is like this incredibly powerful force that has been largely invisible for a lot of people. And so it's interesting that both of us would be kind of developing underneath that powerful cloak with no ability to point to it. So i think you're exactly right, that that experience of being othered, and then there's a way in which thaght connects you to other people that are othered for different reasons. But of course, only so far. Because their way is that we receive that other indifferently. Just that back and forth lins between we are the same and we are different, yet good, like project, is supported by love
Rebekah Taussig is a Kansas City writer and teacher with her doctorate in Creative Nonfiction and Disability Studies. For the last five years, she’s grown a global community on Instagram, where she crafts these “mini-memoirs” that take you into her world, experiences and identity, a part of which includes her near lifelong relationship with physical disability and the wheelchair that has given her freedom and mobility and much more. Rebekah’s memoir in essays, Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body (https://amzn.to/3mgFNEw) takes you into her life, creating an eye-opening, funny, and insightful portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. In today’s conversation, we dive into all of this. I learned so much not just about Rebekah, her family, life and mindset, but also her passion for writing and creativity and people.
You can find Rebekah Taussig at:
Website : https://rebekahtaussig.com/
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