![]() Nuanced discussion of euthanasia and abortion of fetuses with disabilities. Her frank discussion on disability and sexuality (in which she jokes she nearly titled the book "Cock-High in the World"). Her claim to ethics - Mairs is a Catholic Worker and insists on the requirement that she continue doing 'good works,' even as she's treated as a service project herself. She weaves larger themes on disability studies into her narrative, making this book a lot more accessible to general readers than academic disability-studies books. Mairs is a brilliant essayist and memoirist, writing about her own experiences as a woman with MS, who has lost movement in two legs and one arm and lives in the Southwest. ![]() It takes an ice-pick to the trope of 'pitiful cripple' that many of us carry about. ![]()
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