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My Dyslexia
By: Philip Schultz
Narrated by: William Hughes
Length: 2 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
An inspiring memoir of a Pulitzer Prize winnerโs triumph over disabilityDespite being a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2008, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling of being exiled to the โdummy classโ in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not expected to succeed. Not until many years later, when... Read more
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Invisible Storm
By: Jason Kander
Narrated by: Jason Kander & Diana Kander
Length: 6 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
โA truly special book. This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.โ โ Wes Moore, New York Timesย bestselling author ofย The Other Wes MooreFrom political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a... Read more
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The Beauty of Dusk
By: Frank Bruni
Narrated by: Frank Bruni
Length: 8 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
From New York Times columnist and bestselling author Frank Bruni comes โa book about vision loss that becomes testimony to human courage, a moving memoir that offers perspective, comfort, and hopeโ (Booklist, starred review).
One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first... Read more
Unmasking Autism
By: Devon Price, PhD
Narrated by: Devon Price, PhD
Length: 9 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism,ย giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening societyโsย narrow understanding of neurodiversity
โA remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.โโBarry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP,author of... Read more
Jabberwocky
By: Steven Gardner
Narrated by: Scott Wallace
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
โThis is a holy bookโ โRabbi Lawrence KushnerGraham Hale Gardner died before turning twenty-three and never learned to walk or speak due to severe cerebral palsy complicated by epilepsy. Yet he left a legacy of love and compassion that deeply moved scores of people from widely different backgrounds.How was that possible?Grahamโs story, written... Read more
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Being Heumann
By: Judith Heumann & Kristen Joiner
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Tony-award winning actress Ali Stroker reads the story of Judy Heumannโone of the most influential disability rights activists in US history
A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasnโt built for all of us and of one womanโs activismโfrom the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of WashingtonโBeing Heumann recounts... Read more
Funny, You Don't Look Autistic
By: Michael McCreary
Narrated by: Michael McCreary
Length: 3 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesnโt โlookโ autistic. But, as heโs quick to point out in this memoir, autism โlooksโ different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary... Read more
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
By: Alice Wong
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparentโbut all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of... Read more
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Unleash Different
By: Rich Donovan
Narrated by: Braden Wright
Length: 8 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
If you discovered a new market comprising 53% of the worldโs population, would you act to invest in it?
There are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. When you include friends and family, the disability market touches 53% of all consumers. It is the worldโs largest emerging market.
Unleash Different illustrates... Read more
A Life Worth Living
By: Tommy Jessop
Narrated by: Jane Jessop & Tommy Jessop
Length: 18 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.
I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.
Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre... Read more
Forget Me Not
By: Ellie Terry
Narrated by: Heather Costa & Matt Godfrey
Length: 2 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
Astronomy-loving Calliope June has Tourette syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But it isn't long before the kids at her new school realize she's different. Only Calliope's neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees... Read more
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Blind Man's Bluff
By: James Tate Hill
Narrated by: Curtis Armstrong
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
At age sixteen, James Tate Hill was diagnosed with Leberโs hereditary optic neuropathy, a condition that left him legally blind. After high-school friends stopped calling and a disability counselor advised him to aim for Cs in his classes, he used his remaining blurry peripheral vision to pretend he could still see. Feigning eye contact,... Read more
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Interview with Sara Noviฤ
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Interview with Kendra Winchester
Listen to our conversation with Kendra Winchester about audiobooks and why they DO count as reading, Disability Pride Month, Appalachian writing and literature, podcasting, and more.
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Interview with Alice Wong
Read our interview with Alice Wong, editor and contributor to Disability Visibility, about her inspiration, highlighting Disability Culture, and more.
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