Celebrating Disability Pride Month!
"If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of ." --Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
Here are my favorite books by Nobel laureates and why!
What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller: A memoir about a young woman going through her early 20’s with Crohn’s disease and offering advice to others who end up in her situation.
Wonder by R. J. Palacio: This story is sure to pull on some heartstrings! It's about a young boy named Auggie born with facial differences, who goes to middle school--the first school he's ever been to!
Izzy at the End of the World by K. A. Reynolds: This read is about fourteen-year-old Izzy, an autistic girl surviving the end of the world, who must team up with her loveable dog to uncover the hidden truth behind her family and the rest of humanity's disappearance.
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon: This is a genre-bending work of gothic fiction. Here, monsters aren't just individuals but entire nations, with Albinism rep this book will leave you wanting more.
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century edited by Alice Wong: If Disability rights activist gives a glimpse of what it’s like to live everyday life with a disability, written in anthology form this is defiantly a must read!
The Sign for Home by Blair Fell: Arlo is deaf and blind, but that won’t stop him from going on a life-changing journey to find his one true love and setting himself free from the current life he lives.
You, Me, and Our Heartstrings by Melissa See: Abby wants to be more than just a girl with cerebral palsy and Noah wants to be more than just a boy with an anxiety disorder. These two have a chance-meet at a winter concert and their life changes from there.
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir--And a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco and Robert Siebert: This read is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart--both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful. Written by actor, producer, advocate and model Nyle Dimarco.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg: A modern classic of autobiographical fiction about a young woman's struggle with schizophrenia.
Where You See Yourself by Claire Forrest: Effie's journey into finding the best college fit for her is a little different from others: she needs one that is wheel chair accessible. She already has one in mind she just hasn’t told anyone yet, and when she finds out that her long time crush is applying for the same school she is over the moon. Join Effie in her last year of high school as she navigates through everything the universe has thrown at her.