The central idea of the passage is that people with disabilities often have a difficult time telling their own stories, particularly in the literary community where their representation is minimal. This reflects the broader challenges faced in advocating for disability justice and the importance of amplifying the voices of disabled individuals.
"Deaf Poets Society: for Writers with Disabilities"
by Corinne Segal
‘Someone is always trying to control our narrative’
The manifesto for the Deaf Poets Society, published in June, calls disability justice “the civil rights movement you’ve never heard of.” Some of its accomplishments are little noticed by able-bodied people: entrance ramps, wide hallways, even closed captioning are all results of efforts to make daily life more accessible.
But when it comes to literature, people with disabilities are rarely represented, poetry editor Ava C. Cipri said. “It’s very easy to be discouraged in the larger literary community when there’s so little representation in terms of disabled individuals,” she said.
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Use the passage below from “Deaf Poets Society” to answer the question.
What is the central idea of this passage?
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The Deaf Poets society has been met with strong and effective opposition.
The Deaf Poets society has been met with strong and effective opposition. - no response given
People with disabilities often have a difficult time telling their own stories.
People with disabilities often have a difficult time telling their own stories. - no response given
During the 1990s, people with disabilities began to organize.
During the 1990s, people with disabilities began to organize. - no response given
The term disabled has different meanings to different people.
The term disabled has different meanings to different people. - incorrect
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While this detail is mentioned, it does not represent the central idea of the passage.
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