In this perfectly pitched novel-in-letters, autistic eleven-year-old Vivy Cohen won't let anything stop her from playing baseball—not when she has a major-league star as her pen pal. Vivy Cohen is determined. She's had enough of playing...
Disability Perspectives
Titles about disabilities, including theoretical works and lived experiences. Many authors with titles in this collection prefer identity first language and have disability pride.
See also: Authors with Disabilities Collection
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Author(s):Kapit, SarahSummary: - Author(s):Kang, HanSummary:
New York Times Editors' Choice - A dazzling novel about the saving grace of language and human connection, from the "visionary" (New York Times Book Review) author of the International Booker Prize winner The Vegetarian "Both a...
- Author(s):Girma, HabenSummary:
This book tells the incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.
- Author(s):Paperny, Anna MehlerSummary:
Award-winning journalist Anna Mehler Paperny's stunning memoir chronicles with courageous honesty and uncommon eloquence her experience of depression and her quest to explore what we know and don't know about this disease that afflicts...
- Author(s):Hollier, ScottSummary:
- Author(s):Kolker, RobertSummary:
The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the...
- Author(s):Government of British Columbia, Vancouver FoundationSummary:
An RDSP is a long-term savings plan for people with disabilities. If you have a disability, you may be eligible to open an RDSP. You might have someone help...
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This guide outlines how to start and manage a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) in B.C. It was developed by the Registered Disability Savings Plan Action Group and is supported by the Vancouver Foundation and the Government of...
- Author(s):Gosselin, AbigailSummary:
Mental illness stigma is rooted in a perceived lack of agency, but stigma itself undermines agency. While most philosophical accounts of the matter are concerned with the question of how much agency a person with mental illness has,...
- Author(s):Ferreira, LauraSummary:
The autobiography of a survivor of a ruptured brain aneurysm and stroke at age 51, now gratefully living life to the fullest.
- Author(s):Burnell, CerrieSummary:
"Intelligent, politically bold, and beautiful to browse [...] Every bookshelf needs a copy." — Disability Arts Online
In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, meet 34 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with...
- Author(s):Hughes, Patrick HenrySummary:
Patrick Henry Hughes was born blind and physically disabled. But he was also blessed with exceptional musical talent. Here, he shares his courageous lessons for living with faith and defying the impossible at every turn.
- Author(s):Flood, BoSummary:
Eva's cerebral palsy makes it difficult for her to do many things, but she longs to dance and, finally, her dream is realized. Includes author's note and information about Young Dance Company.
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In Impact, 21 women writers consider the ramifications of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work that goes into redefining identity and regaining creative practice after...
- Author(s):Williams, SeanSummary:
Music is Simon’s life - which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his new state, refusing to be counseled, refusing to learn sign language, refusing to have anything to...
- Author(s):Michelle Creedy, Holly Hoffman, Kerry Kijewski, Marcia Yale, Mary Ellen GabiasSummary:
This study on improving Braille availability in Canadian public libraries was requested by NNELS in 2018 and written by a group of Canadian writers and...
- Author(s):Kanagawa, HiroSummary:
Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred—a formerly promising novelist—now struggling with his...
- Author(s):Lavoie, YoanSummary:
Par hasard, par accident, le narrateur tombe sur Martin, un handicapé moteur asocial muni d’un dangereux bolide de fauteuil roulant, replié sur son imaginaire nourri de vieux rock et de science-fiction, et s’engage à l’assister dans son...
- Author(s):Bowling, DustiSummary:
The audio edition of the bestselling middle grade novel about a spunky girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette syndrome navigating the challenges of middle school, disability, and friendship-all while solving a mystery in a...
- Author(s):Sotomayor, SoniaSummary:
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that...
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