Tag: Stand Alone

• ‘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

• ‘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

• ‘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

• ‘Jubilee’- Johnston, KT

  A Junior Library Guild exclusive selection! Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she’d never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs?…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Oct 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Childrens, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Aid User, Genre, Historical, J, Middle-Grade, Non-Fiction, O, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Polio, Therapy Animal

  Childrens, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Denmark, Disability History, Dressage, History, Horses, Middle-Grade, Non-Fiction, Olympics, Paralysis, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Polio, Sports, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Therapy Animal

• ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’- Skloot, Rebecca

  Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Autobiography, Book Type, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Non-Fiction, S, Terminal Illness

  American History, Biographical, Biopolitics, Black Politics, Body Politics, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability History, Disability Studies, Healthcare, Henrietta Lacks, Journalism, Medical Consent, Medical Justice, Non-Fiction, POC, Racialised Medical Care, Read By Archivist, Science, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Terminal Illness, USA

• ‘Constellations’- Glasheen, Kate

  A raw graphic novel debut about a queer teen living in the margins who is determined to find their way ahead. Are you supposed to be a boy or a girl? It’s a question that follows Claire everywhere. Inescapable on the street, in school, and even at home. A black hole forever trying to pull…

  The Disability Archives

  20th Oct 2023

  Addiction, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Fiction, G, Genre, Graphic Novels, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Non-Binary, Queer, Realistic, Young Adult

  1980S, Addiction, Fiction, Graphic Novel, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Neurodivergence, Non-Binary, Non-Binary MC, Queer, Realistic Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA, Young Adult

• ‘Clean’- Reed, Amy

  You’re probably wondering how I ended up here. I’m still wondering the same thing. Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva have one thing in common: They’re addicts. Addicts who have hit rock bottom and been stuck together in rehab to face their problems, face sobriety, and face themselves. None of them wants to be there.…

  The Disability Archives

  20th Oct 2023

  Addiction, Age, Anorexia, Author, Book Type, Contemporary, Disability, Eating Disorder, Fiction, Genre, Mental Health, Neurodivergent, Novels, OCD, R, Realistic, Young Adult

  Addiction, Anorexia, Contemporary, Eating Disorder, Fiction, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Multiple POV, Neurodivergence, Novel, OCD, Realistic Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA, Young Adult

• ‘It’s Just Nerves’- Davio, Kelly

  “When the body attacks itself, the crisis is not just of bones and blood, but of beauty and boundaries. ‘Strange men have had their hands on me for days,’ Kelly Davio observes during a plasma treatment. Her skillful portrait of myasthenia gravis does not exist in a vacuum. It’s Just Nerves is in keen dialogue…

  The Disability Archives

  19th Oct 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, D, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Myasthenia Gravis, Neurological, Non-Fiction

  Anthology, Body Politics, Disability Representation, Essay Anthology, Essays, Healthcare, Myasthenia Gravis, Nerological Condition, Non-Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Growing Up Disabled in Australia’- Findlay, Carly

  ‘My body and its place in the world seemed quite normal to me.’ ‘I didn’t grow up disabled, I grew up with a problem. A problem those around me wanted to fix.’ ‘We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.’ ‘The diagnosis helped but it didn’t fix everything.’ ‘Don’t fear the…

  The Disability Archives

  19th Oct 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, F, Genre, Memoir, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story/ies, Terminal Illness

  Anthology, Australia, Autobiography, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability Representation, Disability Studies, Essay Anthology, Essays, Growing Up…In Australia, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Politics, Series, Short Stories, Short Story Anthology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience