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 : 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present
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
My brief history
Hawking, Stephen
Paper Book
"Stephen Hawking is one of the most brilliant cosmologists of our time, and author of the 10 million copy bestselling A Brief History of Time, one of the iconic books of its generation. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of his own life in his own words, in a book expanded from a...
Having a disability
Spilsbury, Louise
Paper Book
Golem girl : a memoir
Lehrer, Riva
Paper Book
'A hymn to life, love, family, and spirit' DAVID MITCHELL, author of Cloud Atlas The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies. **...
Temple Grandin : how the girl who loved cows embraced autism and changed the world
Montgomery, Sy.
Audiobook
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University....
No time like the future : an optimist considers mortality
Fox, Michael J.
Paper Book
'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian 'A memoir with an unusual sense of purpose. . . pithy, highly readable' The Times The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage...

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