Elise Phalen reviews Jonathan Friesen’s Unfolding:“Jonah’s epilepsy is an experien
Elise Phalen reviews Jonathan Friesen’s Unfolding:“Jonah’s epilepsy is an experience that drives his character towards many of his decisions and adventures, but there is no meaningful engagement within the text regarding his experience. They exist purely because seizures are physical and scary and having them makes Jonah pathetic. I have spent much of my life giving people the benefit of the doubt when they make tasteless seizure jokes, or giving TV shows wide berths when they inaccurately portray first aid. It’s a complicated condition, and it’s hard to get something so varied right every time! But I just can’t do that anymore. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 1 in 26 people will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. Almost everyone knows or will know someone who has seizures and the more we let people get away with getting it wrong, the more they will just keep getting it wrong.”Read the full review on Disability in Kidlit. -- source link
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