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100 1  Ndopu, Eddie,|eauthor. 
245 10 Sipping Dom Pérignon through a straw :|breimagining 
       success as a disabled achiever /|cEddie Ndopu. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bLegacy Lit,|c2023. 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :|bcolor 
       illustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Written entirely using my one good finger." 
520    "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 Pérignon 
       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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Ndopu, Eddie. 
650  0 People with disabilities|zSouth Africa|vBiography. 
650  0 People with disabilities|xEducation. 
650  0 Human rights. 
650  0 Success. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
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