I was drawn to this book because of the title and intriguing front cover.

Sadly, I was not impressed with the book's usage of "disabled people" versus "people with disabilities." Granted the vernacular isn't that different at first glance, but for a book describing accessibility, I think the author should strive to make the distinction. Disabled people suggests that a person is their disability, whereas people with disabilities implores that the person comes first and their disability is secondary. Again, a seemingly small difference in phrasing, but one that I will fight for changing.

This book had heavy focus on WW2 vets and explained that it was this incident along with polio that really awoke the U.S. to the need for accessibility for all.

For me, the most interesting part was learning about how the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was ahead of its time with accessibility for post WW2 vets.

Thanks to #NetGalley, I had an advanced PDF to read and review.
*All opinions are my own and I was not required to post a positive review. *
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