Category: Autobiography

• ‘Confessions of a Sociopath’- Thomas, M. E.

  The first memoir of its kind, Confessions of a Sociopath is an engrossing, highly captivating narrative of the author’s life as a diagnosed sociopath. She is a charismatic charmer, an ambitious self-promoter, and a cunning and calculating liar. She can induce you to invest in her financial schemes, vote for her causes, and even join…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Disability, Genre, Memoir, Mental Health, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Personality Disorders, Psychology, T

  Anti-Social Personality Disorder, Memoir, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Personality Disorder, Psychology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book

• ‘Being Seen’- Sjunneson, Elsa

  A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else. As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of…

  The Disability Archives

  10th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Autobiography, Blind, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Deaf, Deafblind, Disability, Genre, Hearing and Visual Disability, Hearing Disability, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Non-Fiction, Queer, S, Visual Disability

  Ableism, Activism, Deafblind, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Representation, Hearing and Visual Disability, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Social Issues, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Ali and the Sea Stars’- Stroker, Ali

  Tony Award-winning actress Ali Stroker captures the magic and community of theater in her debut picture book, about a spirited girl in a wheelchair who stages a show for her hometown. Based on the pivotal summer Ali performed in her first musical by the Jersey Shore! Ali loves to dance, sing, and act. But she…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Childrens, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fiction, Genre, Mobility Aid User, Paralysis, Picture Books, R, Realistic, Reduced Mobility, S, Wheelchair User

  Childrens, Fiction, Paraplegic, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Realistic Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA, Wheelchair User

• ‘All the Way to the Top’- Pimentel, Annette Bay

  Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this autobiographical picture book. This is the story of a little girl who just wanted to go, even when others tried to stop her. Jennifer Keelan was determined to make a change―even if she was just a kid.…

  The Disability Archives

  9th Sep 2023

  A, Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, C, Cerebral Palsy, Childrens, Disability, Disability Aid User, Genre, Historical, Memoir, Mobility Aid User, Non-Fiction, P, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Wheelchair User

  Activism, Cerebral Palsy, Childrens, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Historical, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Politics, Social Issues, Submitted Book, The ADA, The Capitol Crawl, USA, Wheelchair User