Disabled people are frequently robbed of their autonomy. Sometimes, voices of disabled people cannot be heard over nondisabled people attempting to speak for them. An example of this is how organizations like Autism Speaks have used days like Autism Awareness Day to share negative stereotypes about autism instead of uplifting autistic voices.
To counter this problem, Holley Intern Theodore Szpakowski has created a display of books by disabled authors. Some of them are directly about disability topics while others are not. The display will be available in one of the Main Level Alcoves starting in the 2022-2023 school year. Selections from that display are linked below. Click on a book to be taken to its catalog entry, from where you can learn more and request it. Books are classed under the disabilities of the author, not the disabilities of characters for fiction or the disabilities addressed in nonfiction works.
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This is an anthology of writings by disabled authors.
This is an anthology of personal essays and reflections by disabled authors previously published in the New York Times.
This is a collection of oral histories with disability rights activists, written by a disability rights activist.
This is a short story collection by a dyslexic author.
This is a novel by an author with ADHD.
This is a novel by an author with OCD and anxiety.
This is a novel by an author with anxiety.
This is a nonfiction book by an autistic author.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with ADHD and dyslexia.
This is a memoir by a paranoid schizophrenic author.
This is a memoir by an author with an eating disorder and suicidal thoughts.
This is a memoir by an author with panic disorder.
This is a memoir by an author with depression and borderline personality.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with OCD.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with PTSD.
This is a comic collection by an author with depression.
This is a graphic memoir by a bipolar author.
This novel is by an author with a muscular disability.
This novel is by an author with cerebral palsy.
This novel is by an author with polio.
This novel is by an author with a spinal condition.
This is a memoir by an author with polio.
This is a memoir by a physically disabled author.
This is the memoir of an author with spina bifida.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with arthogryposis.
This memoir is by an author with spinal muscular atrophy.
This nonfiction book is by a physically disabled author, who uses a wheelchair as a result of experiencing a fire.
This nonfiction book is by an author with Larsen syndrome.
This memoir is by a paralyzed author.
This memoir is by an amputee.
This poetry collection is by an amputee.
This novel is by a diabetic author.
This is a novel by an author with chronic fatigue syndrome.
This memoir is by an author with Crohn's disease.
This is a memoir by an author with chronic Lyme disease.
This is a memoir by an author with endometriosis.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with muscle weakness and chronic fatigue.
This is a memoir by an author with AIDS.
This is a memoir by an author with fibromyalgia.
This is a novel by a Deaf author.
This is a memoir by a Deafblind author.
This is a nonfiction book by a blind author.
This is a nonfiction book by a partially deaf author.
This is a nonfiction book by a Deaf author.
This book-length poem is by a Deafblind author.
This memoir is by an author with breast cancer.
This is a memoir by an author with Ewing's sarcoma.
This memoir is by an author with lung cancer.
This memoir is by an author with lymphoma.
This memoir is by an author with ovarian cancer.
This memoir is by an author with a brain tumor.
This novel is by an author with multiple sclerosis.
This essay collection is by an author with multiple sclerosis.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with cerebral palsy.
This is a nonfiction book by an author with cerebral palsy.
This memoir was written by an author with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
This is a memoir of an author with static dementia.
This graphic memoir is by an author with Parkinson's disease.
This memoir is by an author with locked-in syndrome after a stroke.
This memoir is by an author with a congenital immune deficiency.
This novel is by an author with ADHD, fibromyalgia, and a nonverbal learning disability.
This is a graphic memoir by an author with sinus problems that led to cancer and loss of speech.
This essay collection is by an author with cerebral palsy and depression.
This is an essay collection by an author with Crohn's disease, degenerative arthritis, and depression.
This is an essay collection by an author with schizoaffective disorder and Lyme disease.
This memoir is by an author with Parkinson's disease and a spinal condition.