Corbett Joan O’Toole’s new memoir, Fading Scars: My Queer Disability History, is arguably the best history to come out of the Disability Rights Movement of the past four decades. She joins us in the studio for a lively discussion.
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Arriving in Berkeley among the first wave of people with disabilities, Corbett O’Toole experienced the creation of the west coast Independent Living Movement first hand. In this book, she brings those early days to life.
And, that’s just the beginning. With O’Toole’s signature intelligence and humor, she takes on the major issues of our disabled lives. From violence to crip dancing, her analysis is often surprising and always illuminating.
Published by Autonomous Press, a new press devoted to disability, O’Toole’s book establishes the life-saving necessity for the disability rights movement as it points out the many places we have yet to go. Today, we speak with her about the current landscape and the path we seek to our full membership in society.
Find out more about Corbett O’Toole here.