ABOUT US AND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS
READATHON HOSTS
ERIN HAWLEY
Erin is a writer, game enthusiast, accessibility consultant, and editorial director living in New Jersey.. Her disabilities are Muscular Dystrophy and anxiety. .As for reading, her favorite genres are mystery/thriller, fantasy, and sci-fi, but she reads a wide range of genres regularly. Erin is ridiculously excited for this readathon! You can subscribe to her booktube channel or follow her Twitter at @geekygimp.
ANNA GOLDBERG
Anna is a queer, disabled geek and booktuber living in the Pacific Northwest. She loves Shakespeare, science fiction, and tea, and her favorite reading buddies are her dogs, Lily and Gemma. When she's not reading, you can find her hunting dragons in Skyrim, farming in Stardew Valley, or chatting on Twitter @ nymeria941
Disabled people are underrepresented in literature, and also within the publishing industry at large. Part of why we started the Disability Readathon is to draw attention to stories by and about disabled people.
We want disabled people to witness themselves in novels and blog posts and podcasts - finding yourself on the page is powerful and validating to your existence.
The Disability Readathon purposely includes and centers texts by multiply-marginalized disabled people to show that we are not all cis, straight, white men, and our experiences with disability differ vastly based on other vectors of marginalization.
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We also want nondisabled people to better understand their relationship to disability and ableism, and to challenge their biases.
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If you would like to get in touch with us, please send us an email on the contact page!