"Confessions of the Miner's Canary" is an autobiographical account of one young man's struggle to find a place in society, given his specific learning difficulties and co-morbid psycho-motor impairments. Moreover, it is a memoir that aims to make a statement about society's structures and institutions. In this way, the authorship of this book accords with a popular motto in the field of disability studies, which states "nothing about us, without us." In accordance with the social model of disability, author Allan White utilizes a combination of autobiography and reflective scholarship to...