DisAbility Related Books
My Left Foot- Christy Brown
Blue Sky July– Nia Wyn
David And His Wheels Go To The Park– Heather McCarter
My Brother John– Joanne Zellweger
The Language Of Others- Claire Morrall
A Friend Like Henry- Nuala Gardner
Under The Eye Of The Clock- Christopher Nolan
Star Gazing- Linda Gilliard
It Was A Shark: Living With One Arm- Shaun Smith
See Ya, Simon!- David Hill
No Added Sugar– Fibi Ward
Deeper Than Blue– Jill Hucklesby
The Forbidden Room– Sarah Wray
Lincoln Rhyme Series
Desperate Measures- Laura Summers
The Horse Boy– Rupert Isaacson
Caitlin’s Wish- Victoria Taylor
Read My Lips- Jana Novotny Hunter
The Cure– Geeta Anand
Stand Up For Autism– Georgina J. Derbyshire
Grace Williams Says It Loud- Emma Henderson
Handle With Care– Jodi Picoult
Gridlock– Ben Elton
A Different Life– Lois Keith
Skallagrigg– William Horwood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly- Jean-Dominique Bauby
Just Because– Rebecca Elliott
Round The World In A Wheelchair- Doreen Webster
John Gets Ready For School- Joanne Zellweger
Passing For Normal – Amy Willensky
Emergence (labelled autistic) A True Story – Temple Grandin
Live Eels And Grand Pianos- Andrew Bradford
One Last Goodbye- Kay Gilderdale
One Little Finger- Malini Chib
Kerb Crawling- Glenn Bryant
Welcome to Biscuit Land– Jessica Thom
The Edge of the City– Fiona Firth
The Blind Traveler Mysteries- Robert Bennett
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time- Mark Haddon
She Is Not Invisible- Marcus Sedgwick
Mermaid- Eileen Cronin
Me Before You- Jojo Moyes
One- Sarah Crossnan
What The **** Is Normal? Francesca Martinez
Old Before My Time Hayley Okines
Young At Heart Hayley Okines
The Girl From Aleppo Nujeen Mustafa
I Have No Secrets Penny Joelson
I Can. I Will. Mark Esho
Otherland Tad Williams
Haunted Chuck Palahniuk.
This list will grow as I think of more books with DisAbled characters in them. Your suggestions are always welcome, in the comments or e-mailed to samedifferenceone@hotmail.co.uk
If you have read any of these books and would like to review them for this site, email samedifferenceone@hotmail.co.uk
Have you come across Read My Lips by Jana Novotny Hunter?
Hi notjustpretending,
I hadn’t come across it until today, but it has now been added to the list. Thanks for the suggestion! Do keep them coming.
Best wishes
Samedifference1
Have you come across Jane Stemp’s young adult books, ‘Waterbound’ and ‘Secret Songs’? And Michael Foreman’s picture book, ‘Seal Surfer’; and Rochelle Bunnett’s ‘Friends at School’ series?
Hello Ann
I hadn’t heard of those, but thanks for the suggestions!
Best wishes
Samedifference1
Take a good look by Jacqueline Wilson is about a girl with a visual impairment. Personally I couldn’t stand it as I don’t think it was a realistic portrayal of blindness. I can give it a quick read if you’d like me to review it 🙂
Hello Holly,
If you are interested in reviewing the book, I would be very happy to publish this review as a guest post.
Best wishes
Samedifference1
Another book of interest is ‘Whisper’ by Chrissie Keighery.
These books must have a lesson of courage and attitude to fight against the devil of disability lying inside our head.