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In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabledāand what if thatās not a bad thing? And what if disability justice and disabled wisdom are crucial to creating a future in which itās possibleā¦
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We are incredibly lucky to have so much important work in disability studies and disability justice coming out in the Fall of 2022.Ā The Future Is Disabled is Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinhaās much-anticipated follow-up to Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. Written during lockdown, this is an urgent and beautiful book, shifting from love letters to songs, recipes for survival, and provocative questions. For instance and central to this work, the book asks: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabledāand what if that's not a bad thing? The truth is that disabled peopleā¦
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