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• 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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Year of the Tiger

  An Activist's Life

  Wong, Alice, 1974-

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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…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.

• The Country of the Blind

  a Memoir at the End of Sight

  Leland, Andrew,

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  A memoir that explores the physical and conceptual experience of blindness and addresses how ableism fueled the author's reticence to accept his diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder. A 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist.