What messages do we internalize, as disabled children, when we see a world that looks so easy on the screen and then struggle with the world in real life?
Amanda Leduc
Amanda Leduc’s essays and stories have appeared in publications across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. She has a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of St. Andrews and is the author of the non-fiction book Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space and the novel The Miracles of Ordinary Men. Her new novel, The Centaur’s Wife, is forthcoming in February 2021 with Random House Canada. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario, where she works as the Communications and Development Coordinator for The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Canada’s first festival for diverse authors and stories.