Category: Author

• ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’- Charlton, James I

  James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression, which, he says, is rooted in degradation, dependency, and powerlessness and is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical, sensory, cognitive, or developmental disabilities. Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, C, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Physical Disability

  Academic, Activism, Disability Activism, Disability Rights, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘No Right to Be Idle’- Rose, Sarah F.

  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as “unproductive citizens.” Before that, disabled people had contributed as they were able in homes, on farms, and in the wage labor market, reflecting the fact that Americans had long viewed productivity as a spectrum that varied…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, R, Sociology

  Academic, American History, Disability History, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘My Body and Other Crumbling Empires’- Medford, Lyndsey

  We are living in a world that is sick. Both literally sick, with 60 percent of adults in the US living with a chronic illness and rising rates of autoimmune diseases in particular, including long COVID, and figuratively sick, facing ever increasing rates of burnout, anxiety, and disconnection. As a writer, activist, and theology student,…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Behcet’s Syndrome, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Genre, M, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction

  Ableism, Accessibility, Behcet’s Disease, Chronic Illness, Healthcare, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Religion, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘Crooked Kingdom’- Bardugo, Leigh

  Welcome to the world of the Grisha. Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources,…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Addiction, ADHD, Age, Author, B, Bisexual, Book Type, Cane User, Chronic Limp, Chronic Pain, Disability, Disability Aid User, Dyslexia, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay, Genre, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mobility Aid User, Neurodivergent, Novels, PTSD, Sensory Impairment, Touch Aversion, Young Adult

  Addiction, ADHD, Bisexual, Cane User, Chronic Limp, Chronic Pain, Dyslexia, F/M, Fantasy, Fiction, Fictional Setting, Gay, LGBTQ+, M/M, Magic, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mobility Aids, Multiple POV, Neurodivergence, Novel, Physical Disability, PTSD, Read By Archivist, Sensory, Series, Six of Crows, Submitted Book, Young Adult

• ‘Crazy’- Lebert, Benjamin

  A smart, funny, poignant, very modern autobiographical coming-of-age novel, written when the author was sixteen years old. Like Catcher in the Rye, Crazy appeals to the teenager in us all. Benni himself is partially paralyzed and a serial failure (he’s been kicked out of four boarding schools in his short life and has just entered…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Genre, L, Novels, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Realistic, Young Adult

  Autobiography, Boarding School, Coming of Age, Contemporary, Fiction, Germany, Novel, Paralysis, Partial-Paralysis, Physical Disability, Realistic Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Translated, Young Adult

• ‘Counterpoint’- Zabo, Anna

  Twisted Wishes lead guitarist Dominic “Domino” Bradley is an animal onstage. But behind his tight leather pants and skull-crusher boots lies a different man entirely, one who needs his stage persona not only to perform, but to have the anonymity he craves. A self-imposed exile makes it impossible to get close to anyone outside the…

  The Disability Archives

  26th Oct 2023

  Adult, Age, Anxiety, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Genre, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Novels, Pansexual, Romance, Z

  Adult, Age Gap, Anxiety, BDSM, Contemporary, Dual POV, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, LGBTQ+, M/M, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Music, Neurodivergence, Novel, Pansexual, Romance, Secret Identity, Series, Twisted Wishes

• ‘Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star’- Noakes, Laura

  Cosima Unfortunate has spent all her life at the Home for Unfortunate Girls – a school where any disabled children, or children deemed different, are sent, whether their families want it or not. It is there that she meets her friends – Pearl, Mary and Diya – and they start to practise mini heists involving…

  The Disability Archives

  26th Oct 2023

  Adventure, Age, Author, Book Type, Childrens, Disability, Fiction, Genre, Historical, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Middle-Grade, N, Novels, Physical Disability, S

  Adventure, Childrens, Fiction, Fictional Setting, Historical, Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Illustrated, Middle-Grade, Novel, Physical Disability, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Conventionally Yours’- Albert, Annabeth

  When two “big name fans” go head-to-head at a convention, love isn’t the only thing at stake. Charming, charismatic, and effortlessly popular, Conrad Stewart seems to have it all…but in reality, he’s scrambling to keep his life from tumbling out of control. Brilliant, guarded, and endlessly driven, Alden Roth may as well be the poster…

  The Disability Archives

  24th Oct 2023

  A, Age, Anxiety, Asthma, Author, Autism, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Gay, Genre, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, New Adult, Novels, Physical Disability, Romance, Young Adult

  Anxiety, Asthma, Autism, Contemporary, Conventions, Fiction, Gaming, Gay, Jewish Characters, LGBTQ+, M/M, Neurodivergence, New Adult, Novel, Physical Disability, Romance, Series, Submitted Book, True Colors, USA, Young Adult

• ‘The Minority Body’- Barnes, Elizabeth

  Elizabeth Barnes argues compellingly that disability is primarily a social phenomenon–a way of being a minority, a way of facing social oppression, but not a way of being inherently or intrinsically worse off. This is how disability is understood in the Disability Rights and Disability Pride movements; but there is a massive disconnect with the…

  The Disability Archives

  24th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability

  Academic, Disability Pride, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Feminsim, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health’- Glickman, Neal S.

  Language Deprivation and Deaf Mental Health explores the impact of the language deprivation that some deaf individuals experience by not being provided fully accessible language exposure during childhood. Leading experts in Deaf mental health care discuss the implications of language deprivation for a person’s development, communication, cognitive abilities, behavior, and mental health. Beginning with a…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Deaf, Disability, Disability Studies, G, Genre, H, Hearing Disability, Misc, Non-Fiction, Psychology

  Academic, Deaf, Disability Studies, Hearing Disability, Inaccessibility, Language, Language and Communication, Language Development, Language Studies, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book