The following books are by or about people with disabilities. Reading both fiction and nonfiction may help your understanding of issues related to disability.
Ackerman, Diane (1995) A Natural History of the Senses. New York: Vintage Books (a creative and insightful look at the natural history and evolution sight, sound, touch, tasete...)
Arnold, M.. (1988). Bird-eyes. Seattle, WA: Seal Press. (sub- mental institutionalization experience)
Albom, M. (1997). Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life=s greatest lesson. New York: Doubleday. (about a man with ALS)
Axline, V. M. (1964). Dibs in search of self. New York: Ballantine.
Bauby, J. (1997). The driving bell and the butterfly. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (by and about a man with locked-in syndrome)
Bixler, S. (1984). The professional image. ____: Putnam.
Bombeck, E. (1989). I want to grow hair, I want to grow up, I want to go to Boise. New York: Harper & Row. (about children surviving cancer)
Broyard, A. (1992). Intoxicated by my illness. New York: Crown.
Callahan, J. (1989). Don=t worry, he won=t get far on foot. New York: Random House. (by and about a man living with spinal cord injury)
Craig, B. (1996). Don't slurp your soup: A basic guide to business ettiquette. ____: Brighton.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. (1990). New York: Harper Collins.
Cooper Sinykin, S. (1996). Alison walks the wire. ____: Magic Attic.
Dorris, M. (1989). The broken cord. New York: Harper Perennial. (about a man who adopts a baby born with fetal alcohol syndrome)
Duncan, B. and Woods, D. (eds). (1990). Ethical issues in disability and rehabilitation. ____: Rehabilitation International.
Eiesland, N.L. (1994). The disabled God: Toward a liberatory theology of disability. ____: Abingdon.
Featherstone, H. (1980). A difference in the family: Living with a disabled child. New York: Penguin
Fiffer, S. (1999). Three quarters, two dimes and a nickel: A memoir of becoming whole. New York: The Free Press. (by and about a man with spinal cord injury)
Finger, A. (1990). Past due: A story of disability, pregnancy and birth. Seattle, WA: Seal Press.
Fleming, L. F. (1990). Releasing arthritis: The seven year plan. Falls Church, VA: LF Publishing.
Grandin, T. (1995). Thinking in pictures: And other reports from my life with autism. NY: Vintage. (by and about a women with autism)
Greenfield, J. (1972). A child called Noah. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Hockenberry, J. (1995). Moving violations. New York: Hyperion. (by and about a man with spinal cord injury)
Karp, G. (1999). Life on wheels. ___: O'Reilly and Associates.
Kaufman, M. (1995). Easy for you to say: Q & A's for teens living With chronic illness or disability. ____:Key Porter Books.
Kovic, R. (1976). Born on the forth of July. New York: Pocket Books. (about a disabled veteran)
Lamb, W. (1998). I know this much is true. New York: HarperCollins?. (about mental illness)
Linton, S. (1998). Claiming disability. New York: New York University.
MacCracken?, M. (1976). Lovely, A Very Special Child. New York, Harper & Row. (about emotional disturbance)
Malloff, C. & Wood, S. (1988). Business & social etiquette with disabled people: A guide to getting along with persons who have impairments of vision, hearing or speech. ___: Thomas.
Milam, Lorenzo Wilson. (1993). Crip Zen, A Manual for Survival. San Diego, CA: MHO and MHO Works. (disability rights advocacy)
Monette, P. (1990). Borrowed time: An AIDS memoir. ____: Avon.
Newborn, B. (1997). Return to Ithaca: A woman=s triumph over the disabilities of a severe stroke. Rockport, MA: Element.
Norden, M.F. (1994). The cinema of isolation: A History of physical disability in the movies. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University.
Norman, D. (1988). The design of everyday things. New York: Currency Doubleday. (about product design)
North, C. (1989). Welcome, silence. __: Avon. (about schizophrenia)
Oe, K. (1996). A healing family. New York: Kodansha.
Papazian, S. (1997). Growing up with Joey: A mother's story of her son's disability and her family's triumph. ____: Fifthian.
Pitzele, S. K. ( ). We are not alone. Minneapolis, MN: Thompson. (Chronic illness)
Rapoport, J. L. (1989). The boy who couldn=t stop washing. New York: Penguin. (about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Reeve, Christopher.(1998). Still me. New York: Random House.
Roy, T. (1998). Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage, & Triumph. New York: Warner Books. (by and about a man with spinal cord injury)
Rubin, T. (1960). Jordi. Lisa and David. New York: Ballantine. (about mental illness and kids)
Russell, M. (1998). Beyond ramps: Disability at the end of the social contract. ___: Common Courage.
Sacks, O. (1990). Seeing voices: A journey into the world of the deaf. New York: Harper Collins.
Sacks, O. (1996). The island of the color blind and Cycad Island. New York: Knopf.
Sacks, O. (1983). Awakenings. New York: EP Dutton.
Sacks, O. (1987). The man who mistook his wife for a hat. New York: Harper & Row.
Sarton, M. (1982). As We Are Now. New York: Norton Books. (Elderly experience, nursing home)
Seigel, B. S. (1988). Love, medicine & miracles. New York: Harper & Row.
Shapiro, J.P. (1994). No pity. NY: Time Books. (Disability rights movement)
Simons, R. (1987). After the tears: Parents talk about raising a child with a disability. ____: Harcourt Brace.
Smith, J. (1989). Senses and sensibilities. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Stone, G. (1996). Start the conversation. New York: Warner Books. (about dealing with death)
Stone, K. (1997). Awakening to disability. Volcano, CA: Volcano Press. (about MS, dealing with disability)
Styron, W. (1990). Darkness visible: A memoir of madness. New York: Vintage Books. (depression)
Tavalaro, J. and Tayson, R. (1997), Look up for yes. NY: Kodansha. (Stroke)
Thomson, R. G. (1996). Extraordinary bodies: Figuring physical disability in American culture and literature. New York: Columbia University.
Werner, D. (1987). Disabled village children: a guide for community health workers, rehabilitation workers and families. Palo Alto, CA: Hesperian Foundation. (about rehab in developing nations)
Werner, D. (1992). Where there is no doctor: A village health care handbook. Palo Alto, CA: Hesperian Foundation. (about rehab in developing nations)
Winchester, S. (1999). The professor and the madman. New York: Harper Perennial. (about mental illness)