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03747cam a2200553 i 4500 001 6A50F1662A1811EF969C42E545ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240614013622 008 230317t20232023nyuaf 000 0aeng 010 $a 2023008692 020 $a 0306829061 020 $a 9780306829062 035 $a (OCoLC)1380465044 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ORX $d YDX $d TOH $d OCO $d OQX $d JAS $d JTH $d QS3 $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-sa--- 050 00 $a HV1559.S6 $b N36 2023 082 00 $a 362.4092 $2 23/eng/20230526 100 1 $a Ndopu, Eddie, $e author. 245 10 $a Sipping Dom PeÌrignon through a straw : $b reimagining success as a disabled achiever / $c Eddie Ndopu. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Legacy Lit, $c 2023. 300 $a 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 500 $a "Written entirely using my one good finger." 520 $a "Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other. Eddie Ndopu grew up loving pop music and reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful, and as an adult he would become a globe-trotting disability activist. By his early twenties, he had rocketed through every boundary put in front of him--a queer, Black wheelchair user--challenging bias at the highest echelons of power and prestige. Born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his physical mobility, Eddie was told that he wouldn't live beyond age five. But using his razor-sharp mind and grit, Eddie became the first-ever disabled African awarded a full scholarship to the prestigious Oxford University for a master's degree in public policy, a remarkable feat worthy of a toast. But beyond the challenges that students face--making it to class on time, managing steamy crushes, and being student body president--Eddie faced obstacles as a disabled individual that often go unnoticed and unaddressed, namely a revolving door of care aides. Saddled with the burden of raising money to cover his most basic needs: a care aide, financial aid, and disability accommodations, Eddie writes about his fight for financial aid and his continued advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities. Sipping Dom PeÌrignon Through a Straw follows Eddie as he scales the mountain of success only to find exclusion, discrimination, and neglect still lying in wait on the other side. Written with his one good finger, Eddie's vibrant prose delivers a clarion call to underdogs everywhere to stop climbing mountains and start moving them instead"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Ndopu, Eddie. 650 0 $a People with disabilities $z South Africa $v Biography. 650 0 $a People with disabilities $x Education. 650 0 $a Human rights. 650 0 $a Success. 650 6 $a Personnes handicapeÌes $z Afrique du Sud $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Personnes handicapeÌes $x EÌducation. 650 6 $a Droits de l'homme (Droit international) 650 6 $a SucceÌs. 650 7 $a SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Human rights $2 fast 650 7 $a People with disabilities $2 fast 650 7 $a People with disabilities $x Education $2 fast 650 7 $a Success $2 fast 651 7 $a South Africa $2 fast 655 0 $a Autobiographies. 655 7 $a autobiographies (literary works) $2 aat 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 rvmgf 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20240614081203.0 $n 13 $p + 1 CD 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6A50F1662A1811EF969C42E545ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search