Tag: Memoir

• ‘How to Live Free in a Dangerous World’- Lawson, Shayla

  “Phenomenal…. A memoir that opens into the world, with brilliance, courage, and elegant prose…. This is a book to read, read again, and remember.”—Imani Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award winner South to America Poet and journalist Shayla Lawson follows their National Book Critics Circle finalist This Is Major with…

  The Disability Archives

  5th Apr 2024

  Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, EDS | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Essays, Genre, L, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Non-Binary, Non-Fiction, Poetry

  Black Writer, Chronic Illness, EDS | Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Essays, Gender, Gender Identity, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Non-Binary, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Race, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Travel

• ‘We’re Not Broken’- Garcia, Eric

  “This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language.” With a…

  The Disability Archives

  30th Mar 2024

  Academic, Age, Author, Autism, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, G, Genre, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction

  Autism, Creative Non-Fiction, Education, Healthcare, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, POC, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship’- Kensky, Jessica. Downes, Patrick

  Based on a real-life partnership, the heartening story of the love and teamwork between a girl and her service dog will illuminate and inspire. Rescue thought he’d grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog — it’s the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he’s better suited to being a service…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Jan 2024

  Age, Amputee, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Childrens, Contemporary, D, Disability, Disability Aid User, Fiction, Genre, K, M, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Realistic, Service Dog User

  Amputee, Animals, Biographical, Childrens, Contemporary, Fiction, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Realistic, Service Dog User, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Year of the Tiger’- Wong, Alice

  From the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project, and the editor of the acclaimed anthology Disability Visibility, a genre-bending memoir in essays offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability rights. In Chinese culture, the tiger is deeply revered for its beauty and…

  The Disability Archives

  7th Dec 2023

  Adult, Age, Anthology, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Disability, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Muscular Dystrophy, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, W

  Activism, Adult, Anthology, Disability Visibility, Essay Anthology, Essays, Memoir, Muscular Dystrophy, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘We’ve Got This’- Hull, Eliza

  How do two parents who are blind take their children to the park? How is a mother with dwarfism treated when she walks her child down the street? How do Deaf parents know when their baby cries in the night? When writer and musician Eliza Hull was pregnant with her first child, like most parents-to-be…

  The Disability Archives

  7th Dec 2023

  Adult, Age, Anthology, Author, Blind, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Deaf, Disability, Dwarfism, Essays, Genre, H, Hearing Disability, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Physical Disability, Visual Disability

  Anthology, Australia, Blind, Chronic Illness, Deaf, Disabled Parents, Dwarfism, Essay Anthology, Essays, Growing Up…In Australia, Hearing Disability, Invisible Disability, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Multiple Contributors, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Physical Disability, Series, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, Visual Disability

• ‘Uncomfortable Labels’- Dale, Laura Kate

  “So while the assumption when I was born was that I was or would grow up to be a neurotypical heterosexual boy, that whole idea didn’t really pan out long term.” In this candid, first-of-its-kind memoir, Laura Kate Dale recounts what life is like growing up as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum.…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Nov 2023

  Age, Author, Autism, Autobiography, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, D, Disability, Gay, Genre, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Transgender

  Autism, Autobiography, Creative Non-Fiction, Gay, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, Transgender

• ‘The Third Person’- Grove, Emma

  In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby’s office. She wants to share this wonderful new book she’s reading, but Toby, her therapist, is concerned with other things. Emma is transgender, and has sought out Toby for approval for hormone replacement therapy. Emma has shown up at the therapy sessions…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Nov 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, DID, Disability, G, Genre, Graphic Novels, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Mental Health, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, Transgender

  Adult, DID | Dissociative Identity Disorder, Graphic Novel, LGBTQ+, Memoir, Mental Health, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Therapy, Transgender

• ‘Sounds Like Home’- Wright, Mary Herring

  Mary Herring Wright’s memoir adds an important dimension to the current literature in that it is a story by and about an African American deaf child. The author recounts her experiences growing up as a deaf person in Iron Mine, North Carolina, from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her story is unique and historically significant…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Nov 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Deaf, Disability, Genre, Hearing Disability, Historical, Misc, Non-Fiction, W

  American History, Black Writer, Deaf, Hearing Disability, Historical, Memoir, Non-Fiction, POC, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘Sitting Pretty’- Taussig, Rebekah

  A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something…

  The Disability Archives

  18th Nov 2023

  Adult, Age, Anthology, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Aid User, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Mobility Aid User, Non-Fiction, Paralysis, Physical Disability, T, Wheelchair User

  Activism, Adult, Autobiography, Disability Representation, Essay Anthology, Essays, Memoir, Mobility Aids, Non-Fiction, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA, Wheelchair User

• ‘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