Writing Disability: The Changeling Face of Disability Representation in Children’s Literature

To explore and celebrate the range and power of disabled authors, Cambridge University Library has organised a series of events with writers and thinkers to discuss disability, representation, activism and the written word. The events mark UK Disability History Month 2021, and the launch of the University of Cambridge Disabled Staff Network: www.equality.a....
Award-winning young writer and current Cambridge student Lottie Mills, and PhD candidate and children’s literature researcher Elizabeth Leung, came together to discuss disability representation in fiction.
Lottie Mills (she/her) is a third-year English student at Newnham College, Cambridge, and was the BBC Young Writer of the Year 2020. Born with Cerebral Palsy, her work is particularly concerned with themes of disability and difference. She is currently represented by David Godwin Associates, and is working on her debut short story collection.
Elizabeth Leung (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. Her primary research examines the representations of dyslexia in genre fiction for children and young adults. She is the editor-at-large of Young Adulting: Serious Reviews of Teen Fiction and you can follow her on Twitter @ezlabeth.