'Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body' chosen as 2024-25 Go Big Read book
May 01, 2024
May 01, 2024
MADISON, Wisconsin, May 1 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news:
Rebekah Taussig
Rebekah Taussig wasn't alone, but she sure felt like it.
Paralyzed since the age of 3, Taussig couldn't help noticing that depictions of disability were limited to the monstrous Hunchback of Notre Dame, inspirational Helen Keller or angelic Forrest Gump.
None came close to capturing her experience, nor did she expect them to.
Rebekah Taussig
Rebekah Taussig wasn't alone, but she sure felt like it.
Paralyzed since the age of 3, Taussig couldn't help noticing that depictions of disability were limited to the monstrous Hunchback of Notre Dame, inspirational Helen Keller or angelic Forrest Gump.
None came close to capturing her experience, nor did she expect them to.