Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

Tornado Brain

By: Cat Patrick

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie

Length: 6 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

In this heartfelt and powerfully affecting coming of age story, a neurodivergent 7th grader is determined to find her missing best friend before it's too late.

Things never seem to go as easily for thirteen-year-old Frankie as they do for her sister, Tess. Unlike Tess, Frankie is neurodivergent. In her case, that means she can't stand to be... Read more

Alive Day

By: Tom Sullivan

Narrated by: Tom Sullivan

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Based on a true story, Alive Day is an inspiring, affirming tale about a troubled Marine and a big-hearted Labrador who shows him the power of love, loyalty, and truly living.A Marine's "Alive Day" celebrates the survival after an almost certain death. It's a time of hope and joy. But Antwone Carver isn't celebrating. Home from war but not quite... Read more

Together

By: Tom Sullivan & Betty White

Narrated by: Tom Sullivan & Betty White

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

One misstep on a mountain climbing trip plunged Brenden into darkness by stealing his sight—and everything else he held dear. But an independent guide dog named Nelson might just bring him back to life . . . if they don't kick him out of guide dog school first.Twenty-two-year-old Brenden McCarthy feels like he’s lost everything. His fiancée. His... Read more

¡Solo pregunta!

By: Sonia Sotomayor

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Sonia Sotomayor

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Sonia y sus amigos siembran un jardín, y cada uno contribuye a su manera. Rafael tiene asma y a veces debe mantener la calma para poder respirar mejor, lo que le permite pintar bellas rocas para el jardín. Anthony utiliza una silla de ruedas para moverse rápidamente y dirigir al grupo. Anh tartamudea al hablar y prefiere escuchar. Por eso sabe... Read more

Just Ask!

By: Sonia Sotomayor

Narrated by: Ali Stroker & Sonia Sotomayor

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A #1 New York Times bestseller!

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique.

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable,... Read more

Impossible Music

By: Sean Williams

Narrated by: David Linski

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

When a teen musician goes deaf, his quest to create an entirely new form of music brings him to a deeper understanding of his relationship to the hearing world, of himself, and of the girl he meets along the way.Music is Simon’s life—which is why he is devastated when a stroke destroys his hearing. He resists attempts to help him adjust to his... Read more

Still Sideways

By: Devon Raney

Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein & Devon Raney

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Before a surfing accident caused thirty-three-year-old Devon Raney to lose all but 15 percent of his vision, he had already lived an extraordinary life. Time and again he'd gone against the grain to maximize time for his passions--surfing, skateboarding, and snowboarding--bringing him into the direct path of colorful characters, unexpected... Read more

Raising a Rare Girl

By: Heather Lanier

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 9 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice 

Kate Bowler's The Everything Happens Book Club Pick! 

Award-winning writer Heather Lanier's memoir about raising a child with a rare syndrome, defying the tyranny of normal, and embracing parenthood as a spiritual practice that breaks us open in the best of ways.

Like many women of her generation,... Read more

Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families

By: Gary Chapman & Jolene Philo

Narrated by: Kailen Fleck & Jolene Philo

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Between the worry, the doctor's appointments, and the thousand small challenges of everyday life, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted. The idea of showing abundant love to every member of your family can feel like a daunting task. Jolene Philo has been there. And in this wise, warm, practical guide, she and Dr. Gary Chapman show you how... Read more

Mi hermano persigue dinosaurios

By: Giacomo Mazzariol

Narrated by: Javier Bermejo

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Mi hermano persigue dinosaurios es una historia intimista, tierna y conmovedora, que nos subraya lo maravilloso de la diversidad. Con un tratamiento profundo pero cómico, cariñoso y personal de un tema de interés social como el síndrome de Down. Para escribirla, Giacomo Mazzariol no ha necesitado inventar nada. Tienes cinco años, dos hermanas y... Read more

Vanishing Falls

By: Poppy Gee

Narrated by: Caroline Lee

Length: 12 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

One of CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of the Year!""This literary thriller paints as vivid a landscape as any book coming out this summer...Gee creates a lush, tantalizing world that readers will want to travel into deeper and deeper.""—CrimeReadsCelia Lily is rich, beautiful, and admired. She’s also missing. And the search for the glamorous... Read more

Los dos hemisferios de Lucca

By: Bárbara Anderson

Narrated by: Bárbara Anderson & Andrés Bianciotto

Length: 6 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

El viaje a India de un niño mexicano para reparar su cerebro con un tratamiento futurista. Bárbara Anderson narra con brutal franqueza el día a día de tener un hijo con discapacidad: los retos dentro y fuera de casa, las complicaciones de salud y de vida; los cambios de prioridades; el Everest de cada día al tener un hijo con -hasta ahora- un... Read more

Family Pictures

By: Sue Miller

Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny

Length: 17 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

“Profoundly honest, shapely, ambitious, engrossing.”—New York Times Book Review
From bestselling author Sue Miller comes a masterful novel about the life of a large family that is deeply bonded by the stranger in their midst—an autistic child.The whole world could not have broken the spirit and strength of the Eberhardt family of 1948. Lainey is... Read more

The Hoopstar

By: Chavon D. White

Narrated by: Ellie Allen

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The Hoopstar was inspired by the true story of a twelve-year-old girl who’s always had a love for basketball. It was where she shined the most. Brylane knew how to master plays and how to outthink her opponent on the court, but she struggled with another opponent off the court . . . Dyslexia. This entertaining story gives readers an... Read more

Our House Is on Fire

By: Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, Malena Ernman ...

Narrated by: Maya Lindh

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

"A must-read ecological message of hope . . . Everyone with an interest in the future of this planet should read this book." --David Mitchell, The Guardian

When climate activist Greta Thunberg was eleven, her parents Malena and Svante, and her little sister Beata, were facing a crisis in their own home. Greta had stopped eating and speaking, and... Read more

Turning on the Light

By: Ms. Jordan Hancock

Narrated by: Joanna Teljeur

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Author Jordan Hancock has grieved over the sight difficulties that she will face for the rest of her life. But to help her cope with her changing situation, she decided to share her insights, stories, and lessons with those who might find them most helpful. Turning on the Light presents some of her personal stories and offers tips and tricks... Read more

The Power of Disability

By: Al Etmanski

Narrated by: Steve Carlson

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“This book reminds us of what we have in common: the power to create a good life for ourselves and for others, no matter what the world has in store for us.” —Michael J. Fox

This book reveals that people with disabilities are the invisible force that has shaped history. They have been instrumental in the growth of freedom and birth of democracy.... Read more

Je suis, vous êtes, nous sommes

By: Patrick Desjardins, Nicole Jolander, Denise Lar...

Narrated by: France Castel, Jean-Paul Daoust, Mario Saint-Am...

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Des personnes résiliantes montrent qu'elles sont d'abord autrices de leur vies dans ces récits interpellants et touchants. Une lecture par des personnes narratrices qui ont eu aussi leurs détours. Entendez ce livre audio unique qui rassemble nos existences. Ce livre-événement a été financé dans le cadre de l’Entente sur le développement culturel... Read more

Uncommon Voyage

By: Laura Shapiro Kramer

Narrated by: Laura Shapiro Kramer

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1984, when he was ten months old, Laura’s son Seth was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Suddenly the direction of Laura’s life changed. She embarked on a journey to improve the quality of Seth’s life, plunging into a world that lacked today’s information-rich internet to get everything she could for Seth—at first within the mainstream and later... Read more

An Outsider's Guide to Humans

By: Camilla Pang PhD

Narrated by: Camilla Pang PhD

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE

An instruction manual for life, love, and relationships by a brilliant young scientist whose Asperger's syndrome allows her--and us--to see ourselves in a different way...and to be better at being human

Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Camilla Pang struggled to understand... Read more

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen!

By: Sarah Kapit

Narrated by: Cassandra Morris & JD Jackson

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

In this perfectly pitched novel-in-letters, autistic eleven-year-old Vivy Cohen won't let anything stop her from playing baseball--not when she has a major-league star as her pen pal.

Vivy Cohen is determined. She's had enough of playing catch in the park. She's ready to pitch for a real baseball team.

But Vivy's mom is worried about Vivy being... Read more

One in Five

By: Micki Boas

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Practical tips and advice for parents navigating the school system from a mom who’s been there.

One in five children have dyslexia, but too many parents feel isolated and defeated in their efforts to secure an equal chance for their children. After fighting the school system for four years to get the correct diagnoses and proper learning... Read more

Walking Through Fire

By: Vaneetha Rendall Risner

Narrated by: Vaneetha Rendall Risner & Cristen Paige

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The astonishing, Job-like story of how an existence filled with loss, suffering, questioning, and anger became a life filled with shocking and incomprehensible peace and joy.Vaneetha Risner contracted polio as an infant, was misdiagnosed, and lived with widespread paralysis. She lived in and out of the hospital for ten years and, after each... Read more

Golem Girl

By: Riva Lehrer

Narrated by: Riva Lehrer & Cassandra Campbell

Length: 14 hours

Abridged: No

The vividly told, gloriously illustrated memoir of an artist born with disabilities who searches for freedom and connection in a society afraid of strange bodies

“Golem Girl is luminous; a profound portrait of the artist as a young—and mature—woman; an unflinching social history of disability over the last six decades; and a hymn to life, love,... Read more