I received an e-ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed this collection and reading it made me want to pick up the larger collection of essays. This collection is nicely organized with clear themes, and each piece is on the shorter side, so it is easy to read it a bit at a time. I would highly suggest it for any young adult, or anyone really, interested in looking into the experiences of disabled people.
I am a busy college student so I figured the shorter collection aimed at young adults would be perfect for me since I do a lot of reading in between other tasks. There is nothing wrong with this collection but at times it felt so short that I wished I was just reading the longer, original collection instead of the abridged one. The seventeen stories are all told by disabled people about themselves which is a rare thing to find, and the collection is a wonderful resource, especially for any young adults just wanting to learn about disability and activism of the past and present surrounding disability. It is a wonderful collection and having read it now, I’ll be picking up the original 36 story collection to see what voices and stories I missed out on with this edition.