Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Introduction 12

Chapter 1 Living with a Disability

1 Learning How to Be Disabled Simi Linton 17

2 Reflections on Pain, Illness, and Memory Leonard Kriegel 29

3 Managing a Mental Illness Wendy Braun 41

Chapter 2 Living with People with Disabilities

1 Living in the Shadow of an Autistic Brother Karl Taro Greenfeld 54

2 Losing My Mother to Schizophrenia Laura M. Flynn 62

3 Adventures in Caring for My Mentally Disabled Sister Terrell Harris Dougan 74

4 I Never Expected to Become a Caregiver in My Marriage George Mairs 80

Chapter 3 Society and People with Disabilities

1 The Deaf Community Is Diverse Jane K. Fernandes 87

2 So-Called Accessible Accommodations Are Sometimes Not So for the Disabled Bruce Mumford 91

3 Disabled People's Lives Are Worth Saving Ben Mattlin 95

Organizations to Contact 99

For Further Research 105

Index 109