LibGuides: Curated Lists 2022: Disability Awareness Month

eBooks & Audiobooks

Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
Publication Date: 2020
Growing up paralyzed, Rebekah Taussig writes about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn't fit and illustrates the need for more stories and more voices to understand the diversity of humanity.
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma
Publication Date: 2019
The incredible life story of Haben Girma, the first Deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, and her amazing journey from isolation to the world stage.
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Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Publication Date: 2014
Marcelo Sandoval’s father has never fully believed he has an autism-like condition that no doctor has been able to identify. He challenges Marcelo to work in his law firm’s mailroom and join “the real world.” One day, Marcello finds a picture of a girl with half a face. This discovery truly connects him with the real world: its suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight.
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Films

Autism Goes to College (2020)

Five students on the autism spectrum — Guillermo, Jasmine, Caroline, Jonathan, and Aniella — invite viewers into their dorms and classrooms to show the world how they make college work for them. They share their dreams, fears, failures, and successes with candid insights and humor. (1hr 2mins)

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Code of Freaks (2020)

This revelatory documentary investigates the power of movie imagery to shape the beliefs and behaviors of the general public toward disabled people, and of disabled people toward themselves. (1hr 8mins)

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