Beryl : The Making of a Disability Activist / Dustin Galer and Judy Rebick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Galer, Dustin, 1983- author.

Rebick, Judy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights workers--Canada--Biography.

Human rights workers.

People with disabilities--Canada--Biography.

People with disabilities.

People with disabilities--Civil rights--Canada.

Social reformers--Canada--Biography.

Social reformers.

Potter, Beryl, -1998.

Potter, Beryl.

Canada.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, [2023]

Summary:

The story of a mid-century working-class housewife whose extraordinary physical transformation empowered her to become a dynamic social activist who fueled a movement to create a more inclusive future for people with disabilities.

Contents:

Intro

Cover Page

Halftitle Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Foreword

Prologue

1. Liverpool

2. Moonlight Flit

3. War, Marriage, and Motherhood

4. To Canada

5. Joining the (Paid) Workforce

6. An Ordinary Slip and Fall

7. Six Years of Pain

8. Addicted

9. Taxi

10. Life After

11. Nostalgia

12. A New Life

13. Ability Forum

14. Aware Bear

15. Leaning In

16. Transit Activism

17. Life Another Way

18. Rights

19. Equity

20. Access

21. Order of Ontario

22. Outside Looking In

23. Off the Record

24. Dennis

25. Power of the Story

26. An Ordinary Hero

27. Politics

28. Common Sense

29. Order of Canada

30. Final Stop

31. Remembrance

32. Aftermath

Epilogue

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781771136389

1771136383