{"id":37681,"date":"2021-07-19T14:44:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?post_type=cu_story&p=37681"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:30:16","slug":"the-transformative-power-of-moving-together","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/story\/the-transformative-power-of-moving-together\/","title":{"rendered":"The Transformative Power of Moving Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n The Transformative Power of Moving Together\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Professor Kelly Fritsch co-authors a groundbreaking disability justice book for children.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Nick Ward
Photos by Ainslie Coghill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We Move Together<\/em> is a luminous and empowering exploration of our individual distinctions and the boundless potential of collective care.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboratively written and illustrated by Sociology<\/a> Professor Dr. Kelly Fritsch<\/a>, Dr. Anne McGuire<\/a>, Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Toronto, and graphic designer Eduardo Trejos, We Move Together<\/em> chronicles the experiences of a diverse group of characters as they cleverly negotiate barriers and conflicts that impede their ability to move together. But more than that, We Move Together<\/em> is a celebration of disability culture, community, and friendship, showing disability as a desirable part of our communities and world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aimed at children ages four to ten, the colourfully illustrated book is a captivating resource for any family, school, library, or community group endeavouring to promote discussion on accessibility, disability, and social justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur overarching goal was to share some of the transformative joy we\u2019ve experienced in disability community as disabled people, disability studies scholars, and disability activists. We wanted to create a book that is anti-oppressive in its depictions of disability, showcasing positive representations of disabled communities. We also wanted to demonstrate that disability is a political identity, to show readers how our positive experiences of disability can be curtailed by social injustices like inaccessibility and ableism. And that these injustices are wrapped up with the concerns of other social movements,\u201d explains Fritsch<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo truly fight back against oppression in any form, we need to be taking up disability justice,\u201d she says. \u201cWe Move Together<\/em> invites readers to think about what disability justice might look like at the park, on public transit, or even when going out for ice cream.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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