Book Tour: The Anti-Ableist Manifesto

About the Event:

Come along to the launch of Tiffany Yu's Anti-Ableist Manifesto. The author will be in conversation with Liam O'Dell (author of Selling Out the Spectrum), followed by a Q&A and book signing!

Doors will open at 6pm for a 6:30pm start.

About the Book:

Although 15% of people worldwide identify as disabled, disability remains largely ignored and misunderstood by non-disabled people. But Tiffany Yu, the Asian-American daughter of immigrants living with PTSD and a permanent arm injury sustained at age nine, is ready to change that. With her experience in founding disability community groups throughout her career, from her undergraduate education at Georgetown University to her time as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs to her founding of Diversability, an award-winning community business run by disabled people focused on building disability pride, power, and leadership, Yu is uniquely positioned to consider how we might create a more accessible and equitable society for all.

In The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World, Yu presents frameworks for conversations, breaks down the language of ableism, and proposes real actions that lead to genuine and authentic allyship. Yu includes contributions from disability advocates, activists, authors, entrepreneurs, scholars, educators, and executives to highlight the importance of an intersectional view of disability and celebrates the power of stories and lived experiences to center the vast range of disabled identities that have far too often been “othered” and rendered invisible.

About the Author:

Tiffany Yu is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur, disability advocate, and content creator. She is the founder and CEO of Diversability, a social enterprise aiming to elevate disability pride and build disability power. Having started her career at Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg, and REVOLT, Yu is now an in-demand corporate speaker, creating an approachable bridge in corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion spaces. Yu is the cofounder of the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter, serves on the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games Working Group, and was a co-chair of the World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Summit. Her TED Talk, How to Help Employees with Disabilities Thrive, has over one million views. Her work and story have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Insider, Marie Claire, Forbes, USA Today, The Guardian and more.

About the Moderator:

Liam O'Dell is an award-winning Deaf freelance journalist, theatre critic, author and disability campaigner. He currently works as a freelance news reporter for trending news site indy100, part of The Independent.

His debut non-fiction book on trust in autism research, titled Selling Out the Spectrum, was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in late 2024.

Access Info: This event will take place on the trading floor of The Scarlett Letters bookshop. A ramp has been installed at the front door and the shelves are deliberately spaced to allow wheelchair users to easily navigate the space. The toilet in the shop is down 14 steps but we have an accessible toilet that we can take people through a separate gate to access.