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Alternative title: Writing Disability
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... vol. 76 no. 2 2017 of Southerly est. 1939 Southerly
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In Collaboration with Max, Rebecca Sullivan , Maximus Lewis , single work essay

The poet works in collaboration with their son, Max, who has autism and is a gifted poet.

 (p. 116-127)
A Different View, Ben Stubbs , single work essay
'Close your eyes. Wait until the echoes of sunlight fade and the phosphenes floating around your eyeballs dissipate and everything is black Within this darkness, if you concentrate, you can see through a pea-sized hole of light that will allow you to navigate along an unfamiliar street. This is the reality of many vision impaired people.' (Introduction)
 (p. 128-140)
Deafness : A Key to Lawson’s Writing, Amanda Tink , single work criticism
'Since Henry Lawson became deaf at the age of fourteen six years before he was first published, his experience of impairment and disability profoundly affected both the style and the content of his writing. This is something he was well aware of. In a Fragment of Autobiography he wrote that his deafness was ' a thing which was to cloud my whole life, to drive me into myself, and to be, perhaps, in a great measure responsible for my writing' (Roderick 185) Reading his writing with this in mind, it's clear that he meant not simply that his deafness was the reason he put pen to paper, but that it influenced his word choices, themes, perspectives, and techniques. ' (Introduction)
 (p. 141-154)
A Great Many Capital Foreign Things, Jessica White , single work extract

Jessica White discusses the deafness of Maud Praed, interspersed with her own experiences of deafness.

 (p. 155-168)
Disjointed Words, Darcy Hill , single work essay

'Sometimes I wonder if cafes were designed to spite people like me. Stepping into one is like being pushed to the ground, only you’re told that you tripped instead.'

 (p. 169-175)
The Moth between Her Legsi"Little specks of light were being", Anthony Mannix , single work poetry (p. 176-183)
Aeroplane Girl, Michael Crane , single work short story

Angelina has flown to Sydney to meet Sam, a man she's considering dating. At the airport, she meets Stephen, a man with Down syndrome, and his carer Gary. They ask her about her self-harm scars; she asks them about Stephen's condition. When Sam appears, he immediately insults Stephen. Angelina rejects him and stays at the airport to watch planes with Stephen.

 (p. 184-187)
Theories of LIght, Jessica Clements , single work short story

Erica takes her autistic son, Joel, to a special needs school for the first time. She mostly raises him alone; Joel's father, Ben, is mostly absent. Erica worries that Joel won't like the school, since he rarely likes social contact, but he surprisingly gets along with the teacher and with another autistic girl in the small class.

 (p. 188-194)
On Not Having Encountered Snow, Aged 46i"She will see it before him, in Canberra, then it'll fade.", B. R. Dionysius , single work poetry (p. 195)
Giving Up Groundi"My last seizure I don't even remember", India Breen , single work poetry (p. 196)
The Girl in the Mirrori"at sixteen / the girl in her mirror", Shari Kocher , single work poetry (p. 197)
Music for Trichotillomaniacsi"I unthread my eyelashes from my eyelids...", Emily Riches , single work poetry (p. 226)
The Architecture of Endurancei"So this is what it's like when joy", Rachael Mead , single work poetry (p. 227-228)
Michael Sharkey of David Musgrave, Anatomy of Voice, Michael Sharkey , single work essay

Michael Sharkey analyses David Musgrave's Anatomy of Voice.

 (p. 229-237)
Heather Taylor-Johnson of Quinn Eades, All the Beginnings, Heather Taylor Johnson , single work essay

Heather Taylor-Johnson examines Quinn Eades' all the beginnings: a queer autobiography of the body and analyses how physical trauma is expressed and processed by the body.

 (p. 238-243)
Anupama Pilbrow of Rachael Briggs, Common, Anupama Pilbrow , single work essay

Anupama Pilbrow examines the structure of presence-absence of poem categories within Rachael Briggs' Common Sexual Fantasies, Ruined.

 (p. 244-247)
Dave Drayton of Catherine Vidler, Chaingrass, Dave Drayton , single work essay (p. 248-251)
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