Dancing After TEN [Hardcover]

In late 2004, Vivian Chongs life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. InA graphic biography about a woman who lives a vital and fulfilling artistic life after a rare disease left her blind. Together Chong and Webber create a comics language that paradoxically communicates sightlessness through drawing. ... The result is a unique comics document of visceral embodiment. A stunning graphic memoir. Chong brings her story to light in a way as beautiful as it is memorable. The dance between their [Chong and Webber's] styles illustrates how artists with differing experiences and abilities can partner to make art thats elevated by the experiment. A prime example of the graphic medicine genre, which illustrates medical conditions, often through lived experience, this work is engaging and informative but never feels teachy or preachy. [Chong and Webber's] achievement underscores the message from advocates on behalf of those with disabilities  focus on what people can do, not what they can't. In sharing the story of how she found joy, and a new self, after Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome took her vision, her hearing, and so many things she loved, Vivian Chong has given all of us who have struggled, and continue to struggle, with chronic illness a great gift. A compelling, uncommon story. Readers interested in disability and/or graphic medicine will value this work. A beautiful volume detailing Chong's life now. In?