Tag: The Disabled Experience

• ‘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

• ‘DisCrit Expanded’- Annamma, Subini Ancy. Ferri, Beth A. Connor, David J.

  This sequel to the influential 2016 work DisCrit—Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory in Education explores how DisCrit has both deepened and expanded, providing increasingly nuanced understandings about how racism and ableism circulate across geographic borders, academic disciplines, multiplicative identities, intersecting oppressions, and individual and cultural resistances. Following an incisive foreword by DisCrit intellectual forerunner…

  The Disability Archives

  30th Mar 2024

  A, Academic, Age, Anthology, Author, Book Type, C, Disability, Disability Studies, Essays, F, Genre, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction

  Ableism, Academic, Anthology, Disability Culture and Equity Series, Disability Studies, Education, Essay Anthology, Essays, Intersectionality, Multiple Contributors, POC, Race, Series, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘What Happened to You?’- Catchpole, James

  The first ever picture book addressing how a disabled child might want to be spoken to. What happened to you? Was it a shark? A burglar? A lion? Did it fall off? Every time Joe goes out the questions are the same . . . what happened to his leg? But is this even a…

  The Disability Archives

  16th Mar 2024

  Age, Amputee, Author, Book Type, C, Childrens, Disability, Fiction, G, Genre, Missing Limb, Physical Disability, Picture Books, Realistic

  Amputee, Childrens, Fiction, Missing Limb, Physical Disability, Picture Book, Read By Archivist, Realistic Fiction, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘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

• ‘Unmasking Autism’- Price, Devon

  A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of Uniquely A Different Way of Seeing Autism…

  The Disability Archives

  6th Dec 2023

  Adult, Age, Author, Autism, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Genre, Guidebook, LGBTQ+, Misc, Neurodivergent, Non-Fiction, P, Psychology, Self-Help, Transgender

  Adult, Autism, Gender Identity, LGBTQ+, Masking, Neurodivergence, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, Transgender

• ‘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

• ‘Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy’- Thomas, Lynne M. et. al.

  The September/October 2019 Disabled People Destroy Fantasy special issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Sarah Gailey, Lane Waldman, Jei D. Marcade, Tochi Onyebuchi, Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, and Aysha U. Farah. Essays by Kari Maaren, Gwendolyn Paradice, Day Al-Mohamed, A.T. Greenblatt, Cara Liebowitz and Dominik Parisien, poetry by Roxanna Bennett, Toby MacNutt,…

  The Disability Archives

  26th Nov 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, B, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, D, Disability, Essays, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Magazine, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Short Story/ies, T

  Anthology, Fantasy, Fiction, Magazine, Magazine Anthology, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction’- Sjunneson-Henry, Elsa et. al.

  COVER “And With the Lamps We Are Multitudes of Light” by Likhain EDITORIAL “The Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction Manifesto” by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry and Dominik Parisien FICTION “The House on the Moon” by William Alexander “Birthday Girl” by Rachel Swirsky “An Open Letter to the Family” by Jennifer Brozek “Heavy Lifting” by A. T. Greenblatt…

  The Disability Archives

  26th Nov 2023

  Age, Anthology, Author, B, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Essays, Fiction, Genre, H, L, Magazine, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, P, Poetry, S, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Short Story/ies, T

  Anthology, Essays, Fiction, Magazine, Magazine Anthology, Multiple Contributors, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Science-Fiction, Short Stories, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience

• ‘Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness’- Jacqueline, Ilana

  “An important antidote to the dogmatic ‘kale and vitamins’ tone of most ‘self-help’ literature.” —Alexa Tsoulis-Reay, senior writer, New York magazine Popular blogger Ilana Jacqueline offers smart and savvy advice, humor, and practical tips for living with an invisible chronic illness. Do you live with a chronic, debilitating, yet invisible condition? You may feel isolated,…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Nov 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Chronic Illness, Disability, Genre, Guidebook, J, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help

  Chronic Illness, Guidebook, Invisible Illness, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Self-Help, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience