How can we learn to notice the signs of disabilityWe see indications of disability everywhere yellow diamondshaped ampampquotdeaf person in areaampampquot road signs the telltale shapes of hearing aids or whitetipped canes sweeping across footpaths. But even though the signs are ubiquitous Stephanie L. Kerschbaum argues that disability may still not be perceived due to a process she terms ampampquotdisattention.ampampquotTo tell better stories of disability this multidisciplinary work turns to rhetoric communications sociology and phenomenology to understand the processes by which the material world becomes sensory input that then passes through perceptual apparatuses to materialize phenomenaincluding disability.