July is Disability Pride Month

July is Disability Pride Month in celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the American with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990. Explore these books as a way to support Disability Pride and learn more.

Updated June 29, 2023
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I am not a label
Burnell, Cerrie
Paper Book
"Intelligent, politically bold, and beautiful to browse [...] Every bookshelf needs a copy." -- Disability Arts Online "An inclusive and upbeat collection ideal for classrooms and libraries" -- School Library Journal In this...
Wonder
Palacio, R. J.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME * Millions of people have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face--who shows us that kindness brings us together no matter how far apart we are. Read the book that...
The chance to fly
Stroker, Ali
Paper Book
A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations-and gravity-from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz Thirteen-year-old Nat Beacon loves a lot of things: her dog Warbucks,...
I live a life like yours
Grue, Jan
Paper Book
A profoundly beautiful memoir about living in a vulnerable body, fiercely and tenderly rewriting our understanding of relationships and desire.
Having a disability
Spilsbury, Louise
Paper Book
Allies : real talk about showing up, screwing up, and trying again
Bourne, Shakirah
Paper Book
This book is for everyone. Because we can all be allies. As an ally you use your power-no matter how big or small-to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In this collection of true stories, 17 critically acclaimed and bestselling YA...
The invention of miracles : language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness
Booth, Katie (Writing instructor)
Paper Book
A revelatory revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell -- renowned inventor of the telephone and powerful enemy of the deaf community. When Alexander Graham Bell first unveiled his telephone to the world, it was considered miraculous. But few people know that it was inspired by...
No time like the future : an optimist considers mortality
Fox, Michael J.
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox. The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage...
Disability visibility : first-person stories from the Twenty-first century
Wong, Alice
Paper Book
A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience- Disability Visibility brings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright...

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