Disability Life Stories: Unfiltered Voices on School, Family, Career, and Finding Purpose

Based on a 10-year longitudinal study in the United States, this much-needed text offers insight into the developmental trajectories of people with disabilities from childhood through adulthood using their language and amplifying their voices.

Annemarie Vaccaro, Ph.D. (she/her) is a Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Education at the University of Rhode Island (URI).

Adam M. Moore, Ph.D. (he/him) is an Associate Professor of Special Education and Coordinator of Special Education Graduate Programs at the University of Rhode Island (URI).

Barbara M. Newman, Ph.D. (she/her) is a professor emeritus in the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the University of Rhode Island (URI).

Philip R. Newman, Ph.D. (he/him) is a social psychologist whose research has focused on the transition to high school as well as on group identity and alienation.

Ezekiel W. Kimball, Ph.D. (he/him) is Professor of Higher Education and Interim Dean of the College of Education & Human Development at the University of Maine.

Alexis Carlson, MA (she/her) is an educator at a public high school in Rhode Island. She also teaches education courses as a part-time instructor at the University of Rhode Island (URI).

Emily Doffing, MA (she/they) is a scholar-activist conducting critical Participatory Action Research (PAR) with disabled graduate students’ lived experiences at California State University in Long Beach.