Review of K. Srilata’s This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story: The invisible people
1 year, 11 months ago

Review of K. Srilata’s This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story: The invisible people

The Hindu  

When the author K. Srilata’s daughter, who had some learning difficulties, was rejected by a school, as it had no place for ‘this kind of child’, she decided to homeschool her. This generic apathy forced the author to compile the lived experiences of these invisible people, along with her own, into a one-of-its-kind ‘disability’ story in This Kind of Child. The book takes this conversation ahead by dwelling upon the differences between ‘impairment’ and ‘disability’, and how words such as ‘atypical’ and ‘abnormal’ tend to focus “on everything that is wrong with the person”. This Kind of Child: The ‘Disability’ Story; K. Srilata, Westland Books, ₹599.

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Book on This Kind of A Child launched
2 years ago

Book on This Kind of A Child launched

The Hindu  

This Kind of Child — The Disability Story, a book that encompasses the struggles and experiences of persons with disabilities and provides an understanding of disability, was launched at the Museum of Possibilities in the city on Saturday evening. Authored by poet and translator K. Srilata, the book has provided an account of the life of persons with disabilities and …

This new book flips the script on disability in India
3 years ago

This new book flips the script on disability in India

Live Mint  

A few weeks ago, I participated in an online panel discussion about children with disabilities and the need for inclusion in education. The Invisible Majority: India’s Abled Disabled, a new book co-authored by CK Meena and VR Ferose, validated my beliefs in every way. Released on December 3, the International Day of the Persons with Disabilities, The Invisible Majority is …

Vani Saraswathi reviews The Cracks That Let the Light In: What I Learned from my Disabled Son, by Jessica Moxham
3 years, 9 months ago

Vani Saraswathi reviews The Cracks That Let the Light In: What I Learned from my Disabled Son, by Jessica Moxham

The Hindu  

“I realize what a radical political act it seems to be to believe that Ben isn’t the issue, the world around him is.” This line summarises Jessica Moxham’s deeply personal book, The Cracks That Let the Light In, best. Moxham chooses to use the term disabled, because “rather than being defined by what they were told they were unable to …

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