To Exist As I Am
Grace Spence Green
Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Medizin
Beschreibung
What do you do when life changes in an instant?
What does it mean to heal when the world keeps asking what's wrong?
At the age of twenty-two, Grace Spence Green's spine was broken at the fourth thoracic vertebra. One day, she was in hospital supporting patients, the next she was fighting for her own life. As she struggled to piece together her new life as a wheelchair user, she wondered how she could she be both a doctor and a patient.
To Exist As I Am chronicles Grace's journey from idealistic medical student to spinal-injury patient, and then to qualified doctor and vocal disability activist. Her life-affirming reflections question the value we place on independence, in favour of the rich networks of care that bind us together. She asks how we might fight for change, while joyously embracing life as we are.
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Exquisitely written and compelling, this book tells the story of a remarkable doctor. By the end it will have upended the preconceptions many of us hold as to what it is to lead a rich, fulfilled life
A book of wisdom and love, trauma and acceptance, extraordinary resilience and justified anger, it'll change the way you think about disability. Stop whatever it is that you'
Having also been through spinal cord injury, this is the best personal account of that trauma. I kept wanting to underline sentences because they are so true and so beautiful
A story of injury, loss and acceptance that asks us to consider what it truly means to recover. Grace Spence Green shows us how much we can gain when we stop trying to overcome disability and start embracing it as part of what makes us human. Her story is inspiring in the best possible ways as an activist call to arms and a testament to the joy that comes through finding your community
Unputdownable, awe-inspiring, necessary. The best book I'
<i>To Exist As I Am </i>reflects on the boundaries between those who care, and those who receive care in an absolutely extraordinary way. Grace combines humour, warmth and grit to tell a story that would make anyone reflect on their own sense of self and the meaning of the relationships around them as well as on the nature of injury and healing. Essential reading
A deeply impactful and honest exploration of disability, healing, and identity. Grace Spence Green'
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