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Naugatuck Valley CCS 1001 Disability Visibility Student Guide

2025-26 CCS Common Read Selection: Disability Visibility by Alice Wong

The book is available at the Library as a Reserve Textbook at the Circulation Desk. The Library also has downloadable ebook and audiobook copies - please see below for access instructions. 

Downloadable Ebooks and Audiobooks

1. Download the Libby App. Search for Libby in your phone's app store and look for this icon: 

2. Search for your library, Connecticut State Community College. 

3. Select Connecticut State Community College, and login using your student email ending in @ctstate.edu. It will redirect you to a secure site to complete the login. 

4. Once the login is complete, your account will be linked and you can browse and download audiobooks and ebooks in Libby. You will need an internet connection to browse and download titles, but not to listen or read. 

5. Enjoy! Please contact the Library staff with any questions. 

Please note, the audiobook version of Disability Visibility does not include two of the essays that are published in the print version. 

These two essays, both originally published in the New York Times, can be found online:

"Unspeakable Conversations" by Harriet McBryde Johnson 

https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/magazine/unspeakable-conversations.html

"Love Means Never Having to Say...Anything" by Jamison Hill 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/style/modern-love-means-never-having-to-say-anything.html

To create your free New York Times digital subscription, follow the instructions here: https://library.ctstate.edu/nytimes