Books for Disability Pride Month

By Coll Rowe | June 4 2025 | Social StudiesSociology

July is Disability Pride Month and we’re highlighting books that celebrate disabled stories and creators.

Browse our collections here:

Middle School I High School

The Quiet Ear
The Quiet Ear
An Investigation of Missing Sound: A Memoir
Raymond Antrobus
9780593732106
A groundbreaking exploration of deafness by a young award-winning poet—a memoir, a cultural history, and a call to action“Expansive, generous, and massively tender.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This Year“Beautifully complicates and expands our understanding of what deafness is . . . a book that changed how I will move through the world.”—Clint Smith, author of How the Word Is Passed
$29.00 US
Aug 19, 2025
Hardcover
208 Pages
Hogarth
The Country of the Blind
The Country of the Blind
A Memoir at the End of Sight
Andrew Leland
9781984881441
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn about blindness as a rich culture all its own“The Country of the Blind is about seeing—but also about marriage and family and the moral and emotional challenge of accommodating the parts of ourselves that scare us. A warm, profound, and unforgettable meditation on how we adjust to new ways of being in the world.” —Rachel Aviv, author of Strangers to Ourselves
$19.00 US
Jul 23, 2024
Paperback
368 Pages
Penguin Books
Whale Eyes
Whale Eyes
A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen
Brian Rea, James Robinson
9780593523957
* 5 STARRED REVIEWS * * “Lively, interactive...truly eye-opening."—Booklist * “A sincere reflection on childhood...growing up in a world not built with him in mind."—Publishers Weekly * “A superb middle grade memoir that champions empathy and understanding on every level.”—BookPage * “Game-changing curriculum add for any teacher”—The Bulletin for the Center of Children’s Books * “A moving memoir…this is an important book for all readers.”—School Library Journal From Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson comes a breathtaking illustrated memoir inspired by the viral Emmy-nominated short film Whale Eyes.
$18.99 US
Mar 18, 2025
Hardcover
304 Pages
Penguin Workshop
Disability Pride
Disability Pride
Dispatches from a Post-ADA World
Ben Mattlin
9780807013335
A revealing portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today, and how disability attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
$21.95 US
Nov 14, 2023
Paperback
272 Pages
Beacon Press
Life on Delay
Life on Delay
Making Peace with a Stutter
John Hendrickson
9780593312834
An intimate, candid memoir about learning to live with—rather than “overcome”—a stutter
$17.00 US
Jan 09, 2024
Paperback
272 Pages
Vintage
Ariel Crashes a Train
Ariel Crashes a Train
Olivia A. Cole
9780593644690
“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting with light.”— Ashley Woodfolk, critically acclaimed author of NOTHING BURNS AS BRIGHT AS YOUExploring the harsh reality of OCD and violent intrusive thoughts in stunning, lyrical writing, this novel-in-verse conjures a haunting yet hopeful portrait of a girl on the edge. From the author of Dear Medusa, which New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed called “a fierce and brightly burning feminist roar.”
$13.99 US
Apr 01, 2025
Paperback
464 Pages
Ember
Rebel Girls Celebrate Neurodiversity
Rebel Girls Celebrate Neurodiversity
25 Tales of Creative Thinkers
Rebel Girls
9798889640271
TRUE STORIES OF NEURODIVERGENT ICONS
$8.99 US
Feb 20, 2024
Paperback
64 Pages
Rebel Girls
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