Stories on Disability Through our Voices

This book integrates the discipline of disability studies with the lived experiences of women with visible disabilities. It seeks to foreground the silenced voices of Korean and Korean American women with visible physical disabilities in South Korea and the United States.

Yoon Joo Lee is Associate Professor in the Department of Childhood, Bilingual and Special Education, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA. She is the co-author of Inclusion in the Early Childhood Classroom: What Makes a Difference? New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

1.Introduction - The Untapped Power of First-Person Narratives: Breaking the Silence of Korean Women With Physical Disabilities. 2.Hee-Yeon: Reconnecting With a Childhood Friend Striving to Articulate the Multivariant Nature of Disability Identity. 3.Jinju: Living in the Body of a Disabled Person With the Perspective of a Nondisabled Person. 4.Theresa: Questioning Moments of Marginalization and Moving Beyond Barriers. 5.Helen: Living in Two Countries, South Korea and the United States. 6."Life Goes On": The Continuous Journey of Living With a Disabled Body.