People with Disabilities

In Unmasking Autism, Dr. Devon Price shares their personal experience with masking and blends history, social science research, prescriptions, and personal profiles to tell a story of neurodivergence that has thus far been dominated by those on the outside looking....

What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth it is both of these things and more....

One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent - but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture....

Witty, winning, and revelatory, The Country of the Blind is a personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own.

A brilliant and utterly original thinker, Andrew Solomon's journey began from his experience of being the gay child of straight parents.....

Thomas Fuller shares the incredible story of an all-deaf high school football team’s triumphant climb from underdog to undefeated, their inspirational brotherhood, a fascinating portrait of deafness in America, and the indefatigable head coach who spearheaded the team....

One of the most highly regarded Tier One Delta Force operators in American military history shares his war stories and personal battle with PTSD....

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....

A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Grandin—the “anthropologist from Mars,” as Oliver Sacks dubbed her—transforms our awareness of the different ways our brains are wired....

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....

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable...

Don’t even think about navigating YOUR social security benefits until you listen to this essential guide – Understand your options and secure your retirement for financial independence, even if you’re just starting your journey.

From the author of the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility comes another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms....

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, love, and life, from the author of Unmasking Autism.

A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics, Loving Our Own Bones reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture.

Being unstoppable is about believing and achieving. It’s about having faith in yourself, your talents and your purpose and, most of all, in God’s great love and His divine plan for your life....

In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual disabilities and all from Texas, lived in an old schoolhouse....

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations and never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, came startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's sight....

Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what happens when you identify more with the Beast than Beauty? Amanda Leduc looks at fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm to Disney, showing us how they influence our expectations and behaviour....

In 1938, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi, became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family’s odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition....

Ashley Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community....

In the beloved classic book The Way I See It, Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the real issues of autism — the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day....

But You Look So Normal is the inspiring story of a life affected, but not defined, by an invisible disability. It is a journey through family, loss, shame, identity, love, and healing as Claudia finally, joyfully, finds her place in the world.

A Measure of Intelligence investigates the origins and influence of the IQ test on our education system, questions how we define and judge intelligence, challenges its flawed foundation, and argues for a reevaluation of how we understand an individual's perceived potential.

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations and never yearned for vision. Then, in 1999, came startling news: a revolutionary stem-cell transplant surgery could restore May's sight....