The following list contains fiction and nonfiction books that were written by people with disabilities or are about people with disabilities.
Book List
- Arnold, Madelyn. Bird-Eyes (sub-mental institutionalization experience)
- Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson (about a man with ALS)
- Axline, Virginia Mae. Dibs in Search of Self
- Bauby, Jean-Dominique. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (by and about a man with locked-in syndrome)
- Bixler, Susan. The New Professional Image
- Bombeck, Erma. I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise (about children surviving cancer)
- Broyard, Anatole. Intoxicated by My Illness
- Callahan, John. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (by and about a man living with spinal cord injury)
- Craig, Elizabeth. Don't Slurp Your Soup: A Basic Guide to Business Etiquette
- Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
- Cooper Sinykin, S. Alison Walks the Wire (Magic Attic Club)
- Crimmins, Cathy. Where is the Mango Princess?
- Dorris, Michael. The Broken Cord (about a man who adopts a baby born with fetal alcohol syndrome)
- Duncan, Barbara. and Woods, Diane. (eds). Ethical Issues in Disability and Rehabilitation
- Eiesland, Nancy L. The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability
- Featherstone, Helen. A Difference in the Family: Life with a Disabled Child
- Fiffer, Steve. Three Quarters, Two Dimes and a Nickel: A Memoir of Becoming Whole (by and about a man with spinal cord injury)
- Finger, Anne. Past Due: A Story of Disability, Pregnancy and Birth
- Fleming, Linda Frazer. Releasing Arthritis: The Seven Year Plan
- Fox, Michael J. Lucky Man: A Memoir (By Michael J. Fox about the 10 years since diagnosis with Parkinson’s.)
- Grandin, Temple. Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism (by and about a women with autism)
- Greenfield, Josh. A Child Called Noah: A Family Journey
- Hockenberry, John. Moving violations (by and about a man with spinal cord injury)
- Karp, Gary. Life on Wheels
- Kaufman, Miriam. Easy for You to Say: Q & A's for Teens living With Chronic Illness or Disability
- Kovic, Ron. Born on the Fourth of July (about a disabled veteran)
- Lamb, Wally. I Know This Much is True (about mental illness)
- Linton, Simi. Claiming Disability
- MacCracken, Mary. Lovey, A Very Special Child (about emotional disturbance)
- Malloff, Chalda. & Wood, Susan. Business & Social Etiquette with Disabled People: A Guide to Getting Along with Persons Who have Impairments of Vision, Hearing, or Speech
- Milam, Lorenzo Wilson. Crip Zen, A Manual for Survival (disability rights advocacy)
- Monette, Paul. Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
- Newborn, Barbara. Return to Ithaca: A Woman's Triumph Over the Disabilities of a Severe Stroke
- Norden, Martin F. The Cinema of Isolation: A History of Physical Disability in the Movies
- Norman, Donald. The Design of Everyday Things (about product design)
- North, Carol. Welcome, Silence (about schizophrenia)
- Oe, Kenzaburo. A Healing Family
- Packer, Ann. The Dive from Clausen’s Pier (about relationships following spinal cord injury)
- Papazian, Sandy. Growing Up with Joey: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Disability and Her Family's Triumph
- Pitzele, Sefra Kobrin. We are Not Alone (chronic illness)
- Rapoport, Judith L. The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing (about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
- Reeve, Christopher. Still Me
- Roy, Travis. Eleven Seconds: A Story of Tragedy, Courage, & Triumph (by and about a man with spinal cord injury)
- Rubin, Theodore. Lisa and David/Jordi/Little Ralphie and the Creature (about mental illness and kids)
- Russell, Marta. Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract
- Sacks, Oliver. Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
- Sacks, Oliver. The Island of the Colour-blind and Cycad Island
- Sacks, Oliver. Awakenings
- Sacks, Oliver. The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
- Sarton, May. As We Are Now (elderly experience, nursing home)
- Seigel, Bernie S. Love, Medicine & Miracles
- Shapiro, Joseph P. No Pity (Disability rights movement)
- Simons, Robin. After the Tears: Parents Talk about Raising a Child with a Disability
- Smith, Jillyn. Senses and Sensibilities
- Stone, Ganga. Start the Conversation (about dealing with death)
- Stone, Karen. Awakening to Disability (about MS, dealing with disability)
- Strohm, Kate. Being the Other One: Growing Up with a Brother or Sister Who has Special Needs
- Styron, William. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (depression)
- Tavalaro, Julia. and Tayson, Richard. Look Up for Yes (Stroke)
- Thomas, Abigail. A Three Dog Life: A Memoir (head injury, family interactions)
- Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature
- Werner, David. Disabled Village Children: A Guide for Community Health Workers, Rehabilitation Workers and Families (about rehab in developing nations)
- Werner, David. Where There is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook (about rehab in developing nations)
- Winchester, Simon. The Professor and the Madman (about mental illness)
The following list contains movies with characters that have disabilities or plotlines that bring into focus the struggles people with disabilities contend with.
Movie List
- A Patch of Blue
- Above Suspicion
- Artificial Intelligence: AI
- As Good as it Gets
- At First Sight
- Blink
- Blue Skies are a Lie
- The Bone Collector
- Born on the 4th of July
- Children of a Lesser God
- Coming Home
- Deconstructing Harry
- The Elephant Man
- Fuzz
- Gaby- A True Story
- Genghis Blues
- Go Now
- Hillary and Jackie
- Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Jennifer 8
- Mask
- Monkey Shines
- Murderball
- My Left Foot
- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Open Hearts
- The Other Side of the Mountain
- The Other Sister
- Passion Fish
- Patch Adams
- Places in the Heart
- The Prince of Tides
- Rain Man
- Rear Window
- Regarding Henry
- Scent of a Woman
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil
- Silver Bullet
- Simon Birch
- Sybil
- Tell Me You Love Me, Junie Moon
- The Sea Inside
- The Three Faces of Eve
- Tommy
- Voices
- The Waterdance
- West of Zanzibar
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Whose Life is it Anyway?
- Wit
6 comments:
Thanks for the list. I've been quite interested in the genre since I read "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat" by O. Sacks. I am reading a book right now about brain plasticity that is good so far. I think he's a Canadian writer: "The Brain that Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge.
So many books, so little time.
Great lists! Here are a few more for the movie list: Awakenings, A Beautiful Mind, Lorenzo's Oil.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?!
Thanks for posting all those resources. I'm currently a first year MOT student as well. Not sure what I'm going to ultimately want to do (is anyone ever sure?) but right now it's leaning towards TBI, neuro, etc. so your list is very helpful.
What I'm most appreciative is the link to the Hand Kinesiology! We have our practicum in a few weeks and it'll definitely come in "hand-y". (Pun unfortunately intended)
I have a blog too (mamachill.blogspot.com) but it's grossly neglected. Hopefully, I can get back to it once the semester's over. Would you mind if I linked to your blog?
Regards,
Carina
Of course, links are always welcome :)
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