Roos Read “Disability Visibility”

October 14-17, 2024 is Disability Week at UMKC

The UMKC Disability Alliance is hosting a week of performances, panel discussions, workshops, and an art exhibit “to discuss disability and celebrate the knowledge, creativity, and innovations born from our shared experiences.”

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong. Cover art behind the text is overlapping triangles in different colors.
The cover of “Disability Visibility.”
A collage with a photo of author Alice Wong and vibrant flowers
A collage image of author Alice Wong by Jen Johnson White.

Roos Read 2024: Disability Visibility

Roos Read is an annual intercampus initiative that “encourages you to read a recommended title that showcases a distinctive voice, perspective, or theme and engage in discussions intended to generate action toward change.” The 2024 Roos Read book is “Disability visibility: First-person stories from the twenty-first century,” edited by Alice Wong. The author will give a talk at UMKC on November 6, 2024.

Find a copy of “Disability Visibility” through your favorite public library or independent bookstore, or read Alice Wong’s “Year of the tiger: An activist’s life.”

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