October 14, 2016 - 15:22
Throughout the book, Mairs points out different people's reactions to disability in the US, but in the last chapter, Into the Wider World, she tells us how it is in other parts of the world. I think it is super interesting how differently people in England treat people with disabilities; not only are services for disabled people expected, but disabled people are generally not pitied the way they would be in the US. It shows how changing the stereotype of people with disabilities is possible, and that services for them are not impossible to provide.