Books for Disability Pride Month

By Coll Rowe | June 22 2026 | English Language ArtsSocial StudiesSpecial Education

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

Browse our collections here:

Middle School | High School

Upward Bound: A Read with Jenna Pick
Upward Bound: A Read with Jenna Pick
A Novel
Woody Brown
9780593979976

A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace.

$28.00 US
Mar 31, 2026
Hardcover
208 Pages
Hogarth
I Identify as Blind
I Identify as Blind
A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power
Lachi
9780593851579
With style and straight talk, musician and changemaker Lachi flips disability and neurodivergence into an empowering identity, a cultural movement, and an innovation engine
$30.00 US
Jan 27, 2026
Hardcover
352 Pages
Tiny Reparations Books
Disability Visibility
Disability Visibility
First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
9781984899422
One in five people in the United States lives with a disability. Some disabilities are visible, others less apparent—but all are underrepresented in media and popular culture. Now, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, activist Alice Wong brings together this urgent, galvanizing collection of contemporary essays by disabled people.
$19.00 US
Jun 30, 2020
Paperback
336 Pages
Vintage
Whale Eyes
Whale Eyes
A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen
Brian Rea, James Robinson
9780593523964

From Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson comes a breathtaking illustrated memoir for readers ages 10 and up—inspired by the viral, Emmy-nominated short film Whale Eyes.

$9.99 US
Mar 17, 2026
Paperback
304 Pages
Penguin Workshop
Catching Sight
Catching Sight
How a Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself
Deni Elliott
9780807022542

One woman’s journey through progressive blindness and the extraordinary guide dog who kept her safe along the way.

$30.00 US
Jun 16, 2026
Hardcover
264 Pages
Beacon Press
Mother Tongue
Mother Tongue
A Memoir
Sara Novic
9780593241530
The New York Times bestselling author of True Biz retraces her path out of the hearing world and into the deaf community—and seeks to understand what it means to raise children who are different from her—in this emotionally rich memoir.
$29.00 US
May 05, 2026
Hardcover
272 Pages
Random House
Being Heumann
Being Heumann
An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Kristen Joiner, Judith Heumann
9780807002803
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for NonfictionOne of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human.
$16.99 US
Feb 23, 2021
Paperback
232 Pages
Beacon Press
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