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The View From One Kansas City Writer's 'Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body'

By Steve Kraske,

Mackenzie Martin, Chris Young

Published August 27, 2020 at 4:10 PM CDT

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Rebekah Taussig is a teacher and disability advocate who shares her experiences in her new memoir 'Sitting Pretty'. — Rebekah Taussig shares her experiences in her new memoir, "Sitting Pretty."

Rebekah Taussig has made a habit of challenging pop culture depictions of disabilities.

Her new memoir delivers poignant and entertaining personal stories that examine "what it means to live in a body."

Rebekah Taussig, writer, teacher and author of "Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body"

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Steve Kraske

When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.

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Mackenzie Martin

Whether it’s something happening right now or something that happened 100 years ago, some stories don’t fit in the short few minutes of a newscast. As a podcast producer at KCUR, I help investigate questions and local curiosities in a way that brings listeners along for adventures with plot twists and thought-provoking ideas. Sometimes there isn’t an easy answer in the end – but my hope is that we all leave with a greater understanding of the city we live in. Reach me at mackenzie@kcur.org.

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Chris Young

Chris Young is an Assistant Producer for KCUR’s Up To Date. Contact him at chrisy@kcur.org.

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