Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

Decarcerating Disability

By: Liat Ben-Moshe

Narrated by: Margaret Strom

Length: 15 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Prison abolition and decarceration are increasingly debated, but it is often without taking into account the largest exodus of people from carceral facilities in the twentieth century: the closure of disability institutions and psychiatric hospitals. Decarcerating Disability provides a much-needed corrective, combining a genealogy of... Read more

May Tomorrow Be Awake

By: Chris Martin

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith

Length: 7 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

An author and educator’s pioneering approach to helping autistic students find their voices through poetry—a powerful and uplifting story that shows us how to better communicate with people on the spectrum and explores how we use language to express our seemingly limitless interior lives.
Adults often find it difficult to communicate with... Read more

I Can See Clearly Now

By: Colleen Ashby

Narrated by: Colleen Ashby

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Type 1 diabetic, fitness fanatic, dancing queen, Canasta champion; only some of the tags used to describe Colleen Ashby. Daughter, sister to five brothers, wife, and mother of three sons further define Colleen. Add to that, she is a heart transplant recipient who is now visually impaired and you realise there is much more to learn.
Colleen grew... Read more

ADHD

By: Mark L. Wolraich, MD, FAAP & Joseph F. Hagan, M...

Narrated by: Andre Bellido

Length: 11 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Fully updated with the latest American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for the treatment and care of individuals with ADHD, this award-winning guide offers parents balanced, reassuring information to help them understand and manage this challenging and often misunderstood condition. Topics covered include: evaluation and diagnosis,... Read more

My Doctor is Looking at Me

By: Florence Ramorobi

Narrated by: Claire Glover

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Six-year-old Milan is on a visit to her doctor for a routine checkup and it turns into a fun-filled conversation and lessons that make her so excited to know more about staying healthy.She sees numbers pop up and learn what they mean. She gets to have fun conversations with her doctors and even gets a bribe from the nurse.See how brave Milan... Read more

Faces of Autism

By: Lisa Aguirre

Narrated by: Jessica Caruso

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook contains heartfelt and informative messages from more than thirty autism advocates around the United States, including leading advocate Temple Grandin. The e-book version was published as a Special Edition of Autism Parenting Magazine. From these firsthand accounts, you will learn about the challenges, strengths, heartbreaks and... Read more

Narcissistic Relationship

By: Brandon Brooklin

Narrated by: Peter Milner & Scott Sandler

Length: 3 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Narcissistic relationships are formed when one or both partners struggle with a narcissistic personality. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is defined by The Mayo Clinic as “a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance and a deep need for admiration. Those with narcissistic personality disorder believe... Read more

Teach Kids to Become Mentally Strong

By: Frank Dixon

Narrated by: Shawn Lennox

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Give Your Kids a Strong Mentality and They Will Go On to Do Amazing Things in the World…Do you want to prepare your children for the challenging situations that they will inevitably face throughout their lives?Then teach them how to become mentally strong...Life is hard. That’s the truth that all of us must face.However, what separates how we... Read more

Sam's Super Seats

By: Keah Brown

Narrated by: Keah Brown

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A joyful picture book, adapted for audio, about a disabled girl with cerebral palsy who goes back-to-school shopping with her best friends, from #DisabledandCute creator and The Pretty One author Keah Brown.

Sam loves herself, learning, and making her family and friends laugh. She also loves comfortable seats, including a graceful couch named... Read more

Jubilee

By: KT Johnston

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she'd never ride again. Lis tried anyway. But how do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with... Read more

Sé amable con el autismo

By: Alexia Rattazzi

Narrated by: Victoria Espinola

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

La doctora Alexia Ratazzi, especialista en autismo, propone un camino diferente y posible para abordar una de las condiciones más complejas y difíciles de diagnosticar y de tratar.
Uno de cada cincuenta y nueve niñxs tiene alguna condición dentro del espectro autista (CEA). Pero ¿qué es el autismo? ¿Cómo se diagnostica? ¿Se puede prevenir?... Read more

Everyone Belongs

By: Heather Avis

Narrated by: Tashi Thomas

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A joyful rhyming book that encourages children to not only value all people but to also make room for their differences in order to make a better, brighter, and more beautiful world, from the New York Times bestselling author of Different—A Great Thing to Be!

“We know everyone's different; no two are the same. You belong in our show!” the sisters... Read more

Bruce Lee

By: Historical Publishing

Narrated by: Street Poet

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to learn about Bruce Lee?
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My Two Elaines

By: Martin J Schreiber

Narrated by: Martin J. Schreiber, Mike Terry, Dr. Michelle B...

Length: 3 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author.In My Two Elaines, author Marty Schreiber, former governor of Wisconsin, watches his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform from the woman he fell in love with in high school, and who diligently supported his political career, to the Elaine who knows she is declining and can't remember how to cook a meal, and finally to the... Read more

Air

By: Monica Roe

Narrated by: Sandy Rustin

Length: 5 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Twelve-year-old Emmie is working to raise money for a tricked-out wheelchair to get serious about WCMX, when a mishap on a poorly designed ramp at school throws her plans into a tailspin. Instead of replacing the ramp, her school provides
her with a kind but unwelcome aide and, seeing a golden media opportunity, launches a public fundraiser for... Read more

Diary of a Young Naturalist

By: Dara McAnulty

Narrated by: Dara McAnulty

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to save it.



Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of a year in Dara's Northern Ireland home patch. Beginning in spring—when "the sparrows dig the moss from the guttering... Read more

Dealing With an Autism Diagnosis

By: Susan Zeppieri

Narrated by: David Van Der Molen

Length: 2 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

If you have a newly-diagnosed child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, then this book is for you. Given that there’s still a huge stigma around mental illness and, specifically, autism, it is very important that we learn more about this disorder and educate others with up-to-date information. Here you’ll find answers to your questions regarding what... Read more

Uniquely Human: Updated and Expanded

By: Barry M. Prizant

Narrated by: Barry M. Prizant

Length: 11 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Autism Society of America’s Dr. Temple Grandin Award for the Outstanding Literary Work in Autism

A groundbreaking book on autism, by one of the world’s leading experts, who portrays autism as a unique way of being human—this is “required reading....Breathtakingly simple and profoundly positive” (Chicago Tribune).

Autism therapy... Read more

Breathe and Count Back from Ten

By: Natalia Sylvester

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplasia, auditions to become a mermaid at a Central Florida theme park in the summer before her senior year, all while figuring out her first real boyfriend and how to feel safe in her own body.Verónica has had many surgeries to manage her disability.... Read more

Invisible Storm

By: Jason Kander

Narrated by: Jason Kander & Diana Kander

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“A truly special book. This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.” – Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes MooreFrom political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a... Read more

Very Special Gift

By: Laura Loyola

Narrated by: Sarah Bacaller

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

One day, the King and Queen of a fairy kingdom receive an unfamiliar gift. That gift is a little daughter who is unlike anyone else in the kingdom. They all love her and celebrate her arrival. But then, a Shadow crosses the land and places a curse upon the little daughter, causing her to be different, delayed, unable to speak or walk. Three... Read more

The Autistic Brain

By: Temple Grandin & Richard Panek

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate
When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies... Read more

Visual Thinking

By: Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo & Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD

“A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman

“An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal

A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds... Read more

Cannabis in the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder Patients

By: Pharmacology University

Narrated by: Sandra Loaiza

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Welcome to exploring this extraordinary audiobook in which you will learn about the use of cannabis as a therapy for patients with autism spectrum disorders.Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurological dysfunction of neurobiological origin with developmental initiation in childhood. ASD affects the development of social communication and... Read more