Category: Disability

• ‘Demystifying Disability’- Ladau, Emily

  An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible, inclusive place. Disabled people are the world’s largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Guidebook, L, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Sociology

  Ableism, Disability Studies, Guidebook, Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Social Issues, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Borderline’- Baker, Mishell

  A year ago, Millie lost her legs and her filmmaking career in a failed suicide attempt. Just when she’s sure the credits have rolled on her life story, she gets a second chance with the Arcadia Project: a secret organization that polices the traffic to and from a parallel reality filled with creatures straight out…

  The Disability Archives

  30th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Amputee, Author, B, Bisexual, Book Type, BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder, Cane User, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fiction, Genre, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mobility Aid User, Mystery, Neurodivergent, Novels, Personality Disorders, Physical Disability, Prosthetic Limb, Science-Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Wheelchair User

  Adult, Amputee, Bisexual, BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder, Cane User, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mystery, Neurodivergence, Novel, Parallel Worlds, Personality Disorder, Prosthetic Leg, Prosthetic Limb, Science-Fiction, Series, Submitted Book, The Arcadia Project, Urban Fantasy, USA, Wheelchair User

• ‘Blood Price’- Huff, Tanya

  It began with blood and death. And Vicki Nelson, PI was at the scene. The victim had been brutally, inhumanly opened up. Messy work. She’d had to cover the corpse with her coat. It had sort of made her feel involved. Now Vicki is caught up in the deadly pursuit of a mass murderer with…

  The Disability Archives

  30th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Fiction, Genre, H, Horror, Mystery, Novels, Progressive Vision Loss, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Visual Disability

  Adult, Canada, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Novel, Paranormal, Progressive Vision Loss, Romance, Series, Submitted Book, Urban Fantasy, Vampires, Victory Nelson’s Blood Investigations, Vision Loss, Visual Disability

• ‘Black Sun’- Roanhorse, Rebecca

  The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is…

  The Disability Archives

  30th Sep 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Bisexual, Blind, Book Type, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, LGBTQ+, Non-Binary, Novels, R, Scarring, Science-Fiction, Skin Condition, Visual Disability

  Adult, Between Earth and Sky, Bisexual, Blind, Fantasy, Fiction, Fictional Setting, LGBTQ+, Multiple POV, Mythology, Non-Binary, Novel, POC MC, Scarring, Science-Fiction, Series, Skin Condition, Submitted Book, Visual Disability

• ‘Black Bird, Blue Road’- Pasternack, Sofiya

  In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack, Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness–even facing the Angel of Death himself. Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Adventure, Age, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Historical, Leprosy, Middle-Grade, Novels, P, Physical Disability, Terminal Illness

  Adventure, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical, Jewish Characters, Khazaria, Leprosy, Medieval Setting, Middle-Grade, Novel, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Terminal Illness, Turkic MC

• ‘Decarcerating Disability’- Liat Ben-Moshe

  Title: Decarcerating Disability Subtitle: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Author: Liat Ben-Moshe Other Contributors: N/A Subject: Decarceration, Abolition, Deinstitutionalization, Racial Desegregation, Politics, Sociology, Pyschology Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Published: 2020 ISBN/DOI/EISBN: 978-1-5179-0443-2 [ID: A book cover. The background is cream, with several green circles on the left side. In the centre, the circles appear to…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Psychology, Sociology

  Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Psychology, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Dancing after TEN’- Chong, Vivian

  In late 2004, Vivian Chong’s life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Blind, Book Type, C, Disability, Genre, Graphic Novels, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction, Scarring, Skin Condition, TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, Visual Disability, W

  Blind, Graphic Novel, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Rare Disease, Scarring, Skin Condition, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, TEN | Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis

• ‘Culture – Theory – Disability’- Waldschmidt, Anne, et. al.

  Which theoretical and methodological approaches of contemporary cultural criticism resonate within the field of disability studies? What can cultural studies gain by incorporating disability more fully into its toolbox for critical analysis? Culture – Theory – Disability features contributions by leading international cultural disability studies scholars which are complemented with a diverse range of responses…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, B, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, I, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Sociology, W

  Academic, Anthology, Disability Studies, Essay Anthology, Essays, Non-Fiction, Read By Archivist, Social Issues, Sociology, Stand Alone

• ‘Crip Up the Kitchen’- Sherred, Jules

  A comprehensive guide and recipe collection that brings the economy and satisfaction of home cooking to disabled and neurodivergent cooks. Cripping / Crip Up: A term used by disabled disability rights advocates and academia to signal taking back power, to lessen stigma, and to disrupt ableism as to ensure disabled voices are included in all…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Cooking, Disability, Genre, Guidebook, Misc, Misc., Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, S

  Cooking, Guidebook, Non-Fiction, Recipe Book, Spoon Theory, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything’- Winans, Justine Pucella

  Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself solving a murder mystery with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group . . . and trying not to get murdered. Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre is an avid birder…

  The Disability Archives

  29th Sep 2023

  Age, Anxiety, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Fiction, Genre, Lesbian, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mystery, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary, Novels, Thriller, Transgender, W, Young Adult

  Anxiety, Birds, Contemporary, Fiction, Lesbian MC, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Murder Mystery, Mystery, Non-Binary, Non-Binary MC, Novel, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Thriller, Transgender, USA