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This book examines texts and other artistic products rendered by siblings of individuals with disabilities in order to interrogate the impact of disability on the identity of non-disabled siblings. This includes an arts-based analysis of the author’s own experiences as the sister of a woman with disabilities as depicted in photo essays and autoethnographic texts. By providing an alternate presentation of the topics surrounding sibling disability it gives readers a deeper and broader perspective of the lived experience of sibling disability by introducing them to some of the knowledge that is specifically, and perhaps singularly available to siblings of people with disabilities. Presenting findings from narrative analysis, visual analysis, autoethnographic and arts-based research related to sibling disability, it challenges the grand narratives that persist in many cultural products and medical discourses around sibling disability. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, childhood studies, family studies and the arts more broadly.

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9781032980065

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‘Beautifully crafted, Stealing from my sister’s plate offers a visually compelling and nuanced look at what it means to grow up alongside disability. Cutting from an expansive array of sibling memoirs, film, and artistic renderings, Franits deftly incorporates an insightful analysis of sibling narratives written by others before inviting us into the particularities of their own sibling story as told through arts-based autoethnography.’ Beth A. Ferri, PhD Professor & ADR School of Education Syracuse University

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Linnéa E. Franits (she/her) is Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Utica University, USA. Her scholarly interests include sibling disability, autoethnography, and arts-based research.

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