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the references page

This page contains a list of readings that inform the theory behind the zine’s content. While I have compiled and synthesized ideas from a variety of fields, ranging from disability studies to psychology to design, to create the written content, illustrations, and overall narrative flow of the zine, the ideas explained in the zine come from scholars who are experts in their respective fields. I highly encourage anyone interested to read from this list, as the zine is meant to be an introduction and therefore cannot capture all of the rich nuances of the topics explored in the zine.

It also has links to the tools and guides I used in the making process of an issue of the zine (and the archiving site), as well as Fair Use statements for any images used as references for an issue’s artwork.

issue 1:

theory references:

  1. Association for Psychological Science. (2018, October 25). Binary bias distorts how we integrate information. https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/binary-bias-distorts-how-we-integrate-information.html
  2. Cambers, D. S. 2004. The law of averages 1: Normann and norma. Cabinet, (15). cabinetmagazine.org/issues/15/cambers.php
  3. Coco, A. P. (2010). Diseased, maimed, mutilated: Categorizations of disability and an ugly law in late nineteenth-century chicago. Journal of Social History, 44(1), 23–37. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40802107
  4. Goffman, E. (1963). Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. Simon & Schuster Inc.
  5. Greiwe, E. (2016, June 23). How an ‘ugly law’ stayed on Chicago’s books for 93 years. Chicago Tribune. https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-ugly-laws-disabilities-chicago-history-flashback-perspec-0626-md-20160622-story.html&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1633358228157000&usg=AOvVaw3Uxt9Njwaclo_UFWTCvPAZ
  6. Grue, L., & Heiberg, A. (2006). Notes on the history of normality: Reflections on the work of Quetelet and Galton. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 8(4), 232-246. doi:10.1080/15017410600608491
  7. Hendren, S. (2020). What can a body do?: How we meet the built world. Riverhead Books.
  8. Holmes, K. (2018). Mismatch: How inclusion shapes design. The MIT Press.
  9. Lupton, E. (2014). Beautiful users: Designing for people. Princeton Architectural Press.
  10. Lupton, E., Kafei, F., Tobias, J., Halstead, J. A., Sales, K., Xia, L., & Vergara, V. (2021). Extra bold: A feminist, inclusive, anti-racist, nonbinary field guide for graphic designers. Princeton Architectural Press.
  11. Rose, T. (2015). The end of average. Harper Collins.
  12. Thomson, R. G. (1997). Extraordinary bodies: Figuring physical disability in american culture and literature. Columbia University Press.

method references:

  1. Link to information on writing long descriptions for complex images, used for long description of zine images
  2. Link to dyslexia-friendly style guide considered when making design choices for both zine and website
  3. Link to the tutorial I used to create the “skip to main content” functionality for keyboard navigation of this site
  4. Link to the WebAIM contrast checker I used throughout making the zine and this site
  5. Link to WebAIM website accessibility evaluation tool I used to review this site
  6. Link to #id24 video on annotating designs for accessibility used to guide design process of this website

fair use check:

I created a Fair Use Check (for images I made handmade copies of, found on two of the pages in the zine). This can be viewed by clicking on the following link to download my Fair Use Check document.

acknowledgements:

In the spirit of shattering the “self-made” myth, I would like to thank the people who helped in the process making this zine. I could not have made the project what it is without the assistance of Angie Bedford-Jack (who helped with digital accessibility expertise), Lauren Collister (who provided Fair Use information and advice), Megan Kappel (who gave inclusive design feedback for important elements like contrast), Camarie Shepard (who reviewed the zine as a disability advocate), and Alexander Grattan (who assisted with the CSS of the website's images to make them responsive). I would also like to thank the friends and family who reviewed drafts as the zine developed and acted as my focus group, putting up with many, many questions about their opinions on “this diagram’s logic” or “that ordering of information making sense”. I am incredibly grateful to have been able to rely on the interdependence of humans to produce this zine.

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