Wow, I was going to start this book, but all the reviews on here and on Goodreads are saying it is completely ableist and full of slurs??? So I just decided to bail.
Wow, I was going to start this book, but all the reviews on here and on Goodreads are saying it is completely ableist and full of slurs??? So I just decided to bail.
This was so, so ableist. The depiction of CP was ableist. The depiction of autism was ableist. The depiction of Alzheimer disease was ableist. Proximity to disabled people doesn‘t give you insight into what it‘s like to be disabled.
#MGBUDDYREAD SCHEDULE
I‘m May I‘ll have questions posted tomorrow !
Is @Chelsibno planning on June still?
“Hey, Ness, what you up to? Oh, hate-reading a book about a disabled kid recced by RJ Palacio again? Yeah, seems right.”