Sparrow Rose Jones is an Autistic author, composer, artist, and polymath who blogs at Unstrange Mind. Author of the essay collection, No, You Don't, and The ABCs of Autism Acceptance (Autonomous Press, June 2016), Sparrow's work has found resonance among others who were adults before finally being diagnosed with autism. She writes in powerful, resonant prose about the challenges she experiences daily as a disabled adult, challenges that are the result of structural ableism embedded in our culture. In her groundbreaking essay, "No, You Don't," Sparrow writes: "Disability is about more than impairments or barriers to doing. Disability is about societal discrimination and barriers to being. I am not just disabled by my conditions. I am not just disabled by my difficulties in saying no and asking for help. I am disabled by the world around me and the expectations it puts on someone who looks like me (and writes like me!) and the attitudes it has about what I can do and what I cannot do."

This reading will be of interest to anyone interested in disability, autism, survivors of sexual and domestic violence, structural authority and poverty, and anyone else with a keen interest in good writing and strong words.