View from Down Here

<b>A powerful eye-opening insight into navigating the world as a disabled young woman</b> <p/><b>Women's lives are shaped by sexism and expectations. Disabled people's lives are shaped by ableism and a complete lack of expectations. But what happens when you're subjected to both sets of rules?</b> <p/>This powerful honest hilarious and furious memoir from journalist and advocate Lucy Webster looks at life at the intersection: the struggles the joys and the unseen realities of being a disabled woman. From navigating the worlds of education and work dating and friendship to managing care contemplating motherhood and learning to accept your body against a pervasive narrative that it is somehow broken and in need of fixing <i>The View From Down Here </i>shines a light on what it really means to move through the world as a disabled woman.