Disability Pride Month for Kids

Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July to commemorate the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act in July 1990. This annual celebration recognizes the identities, culture, contributions, and diversity of people with disabilities.

Updated June 21, 2024
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What happened to you?
Catchpole, James
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor book! This accessible, funny, and groundbreaking story addresses the questions children often ask, as well as a disabled child's choice not to answer. What happened to you? Was it a shark? A burglar?...
I am not a label
Burnell, Cerrie
Paper Book
Listen : how Evelyn Glennie, a deaf girl, changed percussion
Stocker, Shannon
Paper Book
* Schneider Family Book Award Winner * A gorgeous and empowering picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. "No. You can't," people said. But Evelyn knew she could. She...
My life with blindness
Schuh, Mari C.
Paper Book
Kadence loves to bake cookies and hang out with friends. She's also partly blind. Kadence is real and so are her experiences. Learn about her life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students. Kids are naturally curious about differences and disabilities. Kadence...
A life of service : the story of Senator Tammy Duckworth
Soontornvat, Christina
Paper Book
Thai American creators portray the inspirational and barrier-breaking life of Senator Tammy Duckworth in a picture-book tribute to an extraordinary woman. Senator Tammy Duckworth has logged a long list of "firsts" during her tenure as the first Thai American woman elected to...
All the way to the top : how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything
Pimentel, Annette Bay
Paper Book
2021 Schneider Family Book Award Young Children's Honor Book (American Library Association) Experience the true story of lifelong activist Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins and her participation in the Capitol Crawl in this inspiring autobiographical picture book. This beautifully illustrated...
Flap your hands : a celebration of stimming
Asbell, Steve
Paper Book
When you're feeling overwhelmed And the world's too much to bear... If your feelings bubble over But they have no place to go... Maybe it would help to move! Want to try a stim? When four neurodivergent kids face some stressful moments, they use body movements called stims to self-regulate their...

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