Introduction 1
Chapter 1 When They Took My Father 3
Chapter 2 The Expeditions Begin 7
Chapter 3 War 15
Chapter 4 Gender and a Load of Bull 29
Chapter 5 Key by Key 39
Chapter 6 Dancing in Enchanted Hills 49
Chapter 7 Dishing Up Trouble 61
Chapter 8 Water Fights in the Desert 75
Chapter 9 Lost in the African Night 82
Chapter 10 Guarding a Secret from the Village 92
Chapter 11 The Latrine 99
Chapter 12 Untangling Love and Control 106
Chapter 13 The Chapter My Parents Shouldn't Read 111
Chapter 14 Play Like No One's Watching 120
Chapter 15 A Positive Blindness Philosophy 127
Chapter 16 I Don't Believe Fairy Tales, Except This One 130
Chapter 17 Ableism and the Art of Blind PB&J 148
Chapter 18 Never, Ever, Run from a Bear 151
Chapter 19 Alaska Gives Me the Cold, Harsh Truth 167
Chapter 20 The Little Dog That Makes Earthquakes 172
Chapter 21 Love Is Following Me up an Iceberg 190
Chapter 22 The First Deafblind Student at Harvard Law School 197
Chapter 23 Kicking Butt, Legally Speaking 226
Chapter 24 The White House ADA Celebration 240
Epilogue 260
A Brief Guide to Increasing Access for People with Disabilities 265
About the Author 273
Acknowledgments 275