A close-up of the Loving Our Own Bones cover, with an evocative image of tree branches and tiny pale leaves against a vibrant yellow background. A small white bird flies upward, from the edge of the image.

Loving Our Own Bones in Plain Language

Julia Watts Belser and Devorah Greenstein have created three short plain language pieces that lift up key ideas from the book in simple, straightforward language. Plain language is a crucial dimension of access.  To learn more, read Julia’s piece, “Translating to Plain Language, an Important Part of Disability Equity.”

Saying Yes to Disability

What Do We Each Believe? Talking About Religion and Disability

Disabled, Not Broken: Thinking Differently About Healing Stories

What Is Plain Language?

You're welcome to download, print, and share these pieces freely, as long as you give credit to the authors and to Loving Our Own Bones.

Julia Watts Belser with Devorah Greenstein. Plain Language Pieces from Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole. (Beacon Press, 2023).

Audio narration by Sara Sheckells, Sara Sounds. Audio production by Ian Rattray of Clear Voice Enterprises.

We hope to create additional plain language pieces from the book.  We’d love to hear if you find these pieces helpful, or if you are using them in your work.