Meow or never jazz taylor5/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Ableism, the intentional and unintentional discrimination of disabled people, exists in many forms, and reading from disabled perspectives can help kids identify ableism, especially if conversations about ableism follow. And it’s just as crucial for non-disabled kids to read disabled perspectives. While there are no middle grade novels featuring a protagonist with POTS (I’m only aware of one book that has a main character with POTS, the YA novel One for All by Lillie Lainoff, which will be out in 2022), I know it would’ve been groundbreaking to see a character like me on the page, especially during the middle school years, when pretty much everything is horrible. ![]() My disability, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), began in 4th grade and steadily worsened into my teen years. While there’s still a dearth of good books available with disabled main characters, it’s getting better. Thankfully, it seems like more and more #OwnVoices middle grade novels with disabled main characters are being published, and this is a trend that I am definitely here for. ![]()
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