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 July 2, 2025
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I am not a label
Burnell, Cerrie
Paper Book
This is how we play : a celebration of disability and adaptation
Slice, Jessica
Paper Book
A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each with a family member who has a disability. With love and adaptation, this is how we play! This joyful read-aloud with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists...
Cesaria feels the beat
Adusei, Denise R.
Paper Book
In this powerful and inspiring picture book, a deaf girl stands up for herself and takes off her shoes while dancing at her Carnival performance so she can feel the music through her bare feet. Cesaria is going to perform for the seaside Carnival. She skips past the beach...
Dancing hands : a story of friendship in Filipino sign language
Que, Joanna
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book An Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Honor Winner Read the world to change the world! This artful picture book about friendship and sign language, originally published in the Philippines in concert with nonprofit Room to Read, is beautifully...
Butterfly on the wind
Pottle, Adam
Paper Book
A magical picture book about a Deaf girl who creates a butterfly with Sign Language and sends it on a journey around the world. On the day of the talent show, Aurora's hands tremble. No matter how hard she tries to sign, her fingers stumble over one another and the words just...
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 story...
Flap your hands : a celebration of stimming
Asbell, Steve
Paper Book
This fascinating, groundbreaking picture book by an autistic creator celebrates stims--the repetitive movements that provide focused stimulation to people on the autistic spectrum. When you're feeling overwhelmed And the world's too much to bear... If your feelings...
The lumbering giants of Windy Pines
Netz, Mo
Paper Book
In this debut spooky adventure, Jerry and her trusty wheelchair move into a creepy motel at the edge of the woods where nothing is as it seems. When her mom disappears, it's up to Jerry to brave the forest and its demons so she can save what's left of her family. Ever since...
The fantastic freewheeler and the dog dilemma : a graphic novel
Felder, Molly
Drew, a.k.a. the Fantastic Freewheeler, is on a mission: Help his friend Mikey adopt a dog! After volunteering at the local animal shelter, Mikey bonds with a sweet pup. But then the potential pet shows some destructive behaviors that put the adoption at risk! Can Freewheeler use his amazing brain...
A kids book about : disabilities
Napper, Kristine
Paper Book
Sometimes people act like having a disability means you're from another planet, even though more than a BILLION people in the world have disabilities. So how do you talk about disability? How do you talk to people with disabilities? This book helps kids and grownups approach disability as a normal...
You're so amazing!
Catchpole, James
Paper Book
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor book! ​In this authentic and humorous picture book, a child with a limb difference is tired of being told how amazing he is for doing normal things. Joe and his friend Simone are practicing their best playground...
Fighting for yes! : the story of disability rights activist Judith Heumann
Cocca-Leffler, Maryann
Paper Book
A picture book biography celebrating the life and work of disability rights activist and icon Judith Heumann, highlighting one of her landmark achievements--leading the historic 504 Sit-in in 1977From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the...
Lost inside my head
Vigg
Paper Book
Key Selling Points An imaginative take on what it's like to have attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)--like having a huge house in your head with all sorts of different rooms that change their location or distract you with their flashing lights--and the isolation it can...
Fastest woman on Earth : the story of Tatyana McFadden
Cavallo, Francesca
Paper Book
From Francesca Cavallo, author of the NY Times bestseller Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This is the story of 17-time Paralympic medalist Tatyana McFadden. Born with spina bifida in Russia, Tatyana was raised in an orphanage where she walked on her hands for the first six...

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