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• I Identify as Blind

  a Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power

  Lachi (Singer),

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  A musician and activist, Lachi explores and celebrates disability pride and the cultural contributions of the disability community.

• A Perfect Turmoil

  Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled

  Green, Alex,

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  As superintendent of the nation's oldest public school for intellectually and developmentally disabled children, Dr. Walter E. Fernald led a transformation of our understanding of disabilities that continues to influence our views today. --Novelist

• The Gloomy Girl Variety Show

  a Memoir

  Epum, Freda,

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  A literary revue that merges memoir, art, and criticism to trace a first-generation Nigerian American's search for home and belonging on her own terms as a Black disabled woman in America. --Adapted from book jacket

• Beautiful People

  My Thirteen Truths About Disability

  Blake, Melissa (Blogger),

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  The disability activist and social media influencer shares her story of living with a genetic bone and muscular disorder and the struggles that millions like her face in a society that makes them feel invisible. --Novelist

• Connecting Dots

  a Blind Life

  Miele, Joshua Alexander,

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  This powerful memoir of resilience and innovation details a blind scientist’s journey from childhood trauma to work in accessibility while embracing identity, overcoming challenges and shaping revolutionary technologies with humor and love.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We're Not Broken

  Changing the Autism Conversation

  Garcia, Eric, 1990-

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  A message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum, this book explores how autistic people wrestle with systems that were not built with them in mind.

• The Reason I Jump

  the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-year-old Boy With Autism

  Higashida, Naoki, 1992-

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  A memoir written by a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. --Adapted from jacket

• Soundtrack of Silence

  Love, Loss, and a Playlist for Life

  Hay, Matt, 1973-

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  An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment he'd fallen in love for the first time.

• The Beauty of Dusk

  on Vision Lost and Found

  Bruni, Frank,

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  A wise and moving memoir about aging, affliction, and optimism after partially losing one's eyesight.

• Against Technoableism

  Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

  Shew, Ashley, 1983-

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  A manifesto exploring what we think we know about disability, and arguing that people with disabilities are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability.

• The Hard Parts

  a Memoir of Courage and Triumph

  Masters, Oksana, 1989-

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  A Paralympic athlete tells how she overcame Chernobyl disaster-caused physical challenges through sheer determination and a drive to succeed to win the world's best in elite rowing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, and road cycling competition.

• Year of the Tiger

  An Activist's Life

  Wong, Alice, 1974-2025,

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  A collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more. Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• About Us

  Essays From the Disability Series of the New York Times

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  A collection of personal essays and reflections that have transformed the national conversation around disability.

• Demystifying Disability

  What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally

  Ladau, Emily, 1991-

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  A guide for how to be a thoughtful, informed ally to people with disabilities written by a disability rights activist.

• Deaf Utopia

  a Memoir-and a Love Letter to a Way of Life

  DiMarco, Nyle, 1989-

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  A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and deaf culture anthem by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and cultural icon of the international deaf community.

• Loving Our Own Bones

  Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole

  Belser, Julia Watts, 1978-

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  A spiritual companion and political manifesto that cuts through objectification and inspiration alike to offer a powerful new account of disability in biblical narrative and contemporary culture.

• Disability Intimacy

  Essays on Love, Care, and Desire

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  A collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.

• Sipping Dom Perignon Through a Straw

  Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever

  Ndopu, Eddie,

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  Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other.

• I Live a Life Like Yours

  a Memoir

  Grue, Jan, 1981-

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  Norwegian novelist Jan Grue confronts the tendency to portray narratives of disability with a tragic or inspirational lens in this memoir about his life with spinal muscular atrophy.

• Easy Beauty

  a Memoir

  Cooper Jones, Chloe, 1983-

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  Cooper Jones confronts society’s standards on beauty, disability, and motherhood while relating stories of her travels across the world.