Recommended Adult Reads for Disability Pride Month

A Novel

by McGill, Jerry

Book - 2023

Explores how families may include members with disabilities, emphasizing acceptance and love regardless of differences. Explores how families may include members with disabilities, emphasizing acceptance and love regardless of differences. Show less

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Get A Life, Chloe Brown

A Novel

by Hibbert, Talia

Book - 2019

Features a protagonist with a disability navigating life and love, shedding light on the issues faced by individuals with disabilities in romantic relationships. Features a protagonist with a disability navigating life and love, shedding light on the issues faced by individuals with disabilities in romantic relationships. Show less

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Disability Pride

Dispatches From A Post-ADA World

by Mattlin, Ben

Book - 2022

Celebrates the achievements and experiences of people with disabilities, fostering a sense of empowerment and self-acceptance within the disabled community. Celebrates the achievements and experiences of people with disabilities, fostering a sense of empowerment and self-acceptance within the disabled community. Show less

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Stephen Hawking

A Memoir of Friendship and Physics

by Mlodinow, Leonard

Book - 2020

Offers a glimpse into the life of the renowned physicist who achieved great success despite living with a disability, showcasing his resilience and contributions to science. Offers a glimpse into the life of the renowned physicist who achieved great success despite living with a disability, showcasing his resilience and contributions to science. Show less

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The Future Is Disabled

Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs

by Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi

Book - 2022

Advocates for a future where people with disabilities are fully included and empowered, challenging ableist assumptions and promoting accessibility and equality. Advocates for a future where people with disabilities are fully included and empowered, challenging ableist assumptions and promoting accessibility and equality. Show less

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But You Look So Normal

Lost and Found in A Hearing World

by Marseille, Claudia

Book - 2024

Offers a personal account of living with hearing loss in a predominantly hearing world. Offers a personal account of living with hearing loss in a predominantly hearing world. Show less

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Year of the Tiger

An Activist's Life

by Wong, Alice

Book - 2022

Delves into the author's experiences living with a disability and highlights her extensive work in disability activism. Delves into the author's experiences living with a disability and highlights her extensive work in disability activism. Show less

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Beautiful People

My Thirteen Truths About Disability

by Blake, Melissa

Book - 2024

A powerful and personal exploration of disability, this books offer valuable insights into the challenges and triumphs of living with a disability, while also advocating for greater acceptance, representation and understanding. A powerful and personal exploration of disability, this books offer valuable insights into the challenges and triumphs of living with a disability, while also advocating for greater acceptance, representation and understanding. Show less

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Against Technoableism

Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

by Shew, Ashley

Book - 2023

Examines how technology intersects with disability and challenges common assumptions about the role of technology in the lives of disabled people, while critiquing the concept of "technoableism." Examines how technology intersects with disability and challenges common assumptions about the role of technology in the lives of disabled people, while critiquing the concept of "technoableism." Show less

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Normal Sucks

How to Live, Learn, and Thrive Outside the Lines

by Mooney, Jonathan

Book - 2019

Challenges conventional notions of normalcy and embraces neurodiversity Challenges conventional notions of normalcy and embraces neurodiversity Show less

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