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Lit League Disability Book & Movie Club: Being Heumann, by Judy Heumann

ByMeriah Reading Time: 4 minutes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round” message_box_color=”turquoise”]This is about the Lit League Disability Book & Movie Club pick for March, and the schedule! And lastly! This post is available via PDF and MP3 (with me reading it) on my Patreon site (linked here). Alternatively, you can find it at the end of this post.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Judy Heumann is one of…

“The Pretty One” by Keah Brown for February Read
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“The Pretty One” by Keah Brown for February Read

ByMeriah Reading Time: 2 minutes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round” message_box_color=”turquoise”]This is a news post, announcing that the Lit League Disability Book & Movie Club has selected The Pretty One, by Keah Brown, as our February read.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Keah Brown went and wrote a book that screams, “READ MEEEEEEEE,” and so we shall! Details About “The Pretty One” “From the disability rights advocate and…

Haben: Read the Book in December & Talk with Author in January
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Haben: Read the Book in December & Talk with Author in January

ByMeriah Reading Time: 2 minutes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round” message_box_color=”turquoise”]This is a post about the Lit League Disability Book & Movie Club’s book pick for December.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/rm38HHzsz9c” align=”center” title=”Decembe Pick: Haben”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Lit League Disability Book and Movie Club has picked Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law for our December book! I reached out to the author, Haben Girma, and…

Poll for the Next Lit League Book Club Choice

Poll for the Next Lit League Book Club Choice

ByMeriah Reading Time: 1 minute

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Vote!” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1508294394842{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}”]Voting will end on October 20th over on Facebook[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fpoll%2Fshow%2F161323-next-book-poll||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1507954261884{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”42270″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” title=”Click on Image to Vote” link=”https://www.facebook.com/groups/139293993370284/?source_id=278168082201585″][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]MeriahMeriah Nichols is a counselor. Solo mom to 3 (one with Down syndrome, one on the spectrum). Deaf,…

Re-visiting the Book Club

ByMeriah Reading Time: 3 minutes

Inspired by my post on my own Top 13 Book on Disability, I started a book club a while ago on Goodreads for anyone who might be interested in reading together. More than a few of you joined and it was pretty exciting thinking of us all reading and gathering our coffee cups over an…

Book Club

ByMeriah Reading Time: 1 minute

I started a book club! I figured it’s about time for us to bite our teeth into a book of our collective choice and knash/lavish words over words.   Right? It’d be fun!   The theme for this particular club will be disability – books as high or low brow as we want. I’ll get…