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A helpful primer and introductory text on everything the description notes:
- How to appreciate disability history and identity
- How to recognize and avoid ableism (discrimination toward disabled people)
- How to be mindful of good disability etiquette
- How to appropriately think, talk, and ask about disability
- How to ensure accessibility becomes your standard practice, from everyday communication to planning special events
- How to identify and speak up about disability stereotypes in media 

I'm not saying this to be pretentious or as if I have nothing else to learn (I'm not an expert at anything! I am a lifelong learner!), but as a disabled reader and someone who seeks out texts on disability often, I didn't learn anything new here, but I do think this is incredibly valuable and accessible for those early on in their journey. 

This was a basic introduction to disability that included topics like language, breif history, media representation, and allyship. This author did do a lot with this in terms of including a lot of disabilities into this discussion without getting to lost in details that may have been beyond the scope of what she intended, but instead keeping to accessibility more broadly giving a variety of examples. She also does explain and incorporate intersectionality to a point, which was good to see in parts of this conversation. I think this could be helpful for people who are just starting to learn for teenagers and adults. 

However, the issue that I run into with a lot of the more ally-focus texts is that they are so nice and accomodating to the oppressing class in question that so much ends up being watered down and the hand-holding becomes distracting. The history component was really neat but she cushioned it with comments about history being dry and boring and that she wouldn't take too long, which was offputting. Politically, it was also very watered down for my taste but that is what it is with most ally-centered texts like this. There was lots about how to change language and representation, not as much focus on economic inequality and violence outside of mentioning laws and history. She does explain intersectionality and applies it to disability but it only goes so far when talking about the power structures and issues that impact different groups (a glaring example being the limited disussion arohnd prisons and police).

That being said, I did pick this up expecting similar issues to come up. But as I said at the beginning, this could be good for people just starting to learn. I learned some from the history component, and I think that the resources that she includes are quite helpful.