Disability Worlds

This immersive anthropological study offers a profound exploration of disability culture and community through two decades of firsthand engagement in New York City's vibrant disability networks. Drawing from their dual roles as parents of disabled children and academic researchers, the authors provide a deeply personal yet scholarly examination of how disability worlds form, function, and challenge mainstream societal norms. The book moves beyond theoretical abstraction to ground disability studies in the lived experiences of those creating alternative forms of kinship, care, and cultural production.

What distinguishes this work is its methodological innovation—the authors' long-term embeddedness within disability communities allows for insights that transcend traditional academic observation. Readers interested in disability justice, activist anthropology, and the politics of care will find particularly compelling the way the narrative demonstrates how marginalized communities build powerful social worlds from the ground up. The book ultimately reveals how disability cultures don't merely adapt to exclusion but actively reimagine belonging, making essential reading for anyone seeking to understand contemporary social movements from the inside out.