Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

The Boys in the Bunkhouse

By: Dan Barry

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of... Read more

Thanks for the Trouble

By: Tommy Wallach

Narrated by: Francisco Pryor Garat

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A unique story about first—and last—loves from the celebrated and bestselling author of We All Looked Up.

Parker Santé hasn’t spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who... Read more

The Out-of-Sync Child, Third Edition

By: Carol Stock Kranowitz

Narrated by: Ellen Archer

Length: 11 hours

Abridged: No

2022 Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner

The groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Difference (SPD)--and presents a drug-free approach that offers hope for parents--now revised and updated.

Does your child exhibit...

Over-responsivity--or under-responsivity--to touch or movement? A child with SPD may be a "sensory avoider," withdrawing... Read more

Ugly

By: Robert Hoge

Narrated by: Robert Hoge

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny, moving, and true story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face that's perfect for fans of Wonder—now available in the U.S.
 
When Robert Hoge was born, he had a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs. Surgeons removed the tumor and made him a new nose from one of his toes.  Amazingly, he... Read more

The Un-Prescription for Autism

By: Janet Lintala

Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Each year, more than 50,000 U.S. families receive an autism diagnosis. On top of turmoil and worry, they share the same urgent question: What can we do to help our child?

The answers parents find can be contradictory…even dangerous. The conventional approach (employed by too many pediatricians) is to medicate difficult behaviors into... Read more

Smart but Scattered

By: Peg Dawson, Ed.D. & Richard Guare, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Susan Ericksen

Length: 11 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

There's nothing more frustrating than watching your bright, talented son or daughter struggle with everyday tasks like finishing homework, putting away toys, or following instructions at school. Your "smart but scattered" child might also have trouble coping with disappointment or managing anger. Drs. Peg Dawson and Richard Guare have great... Read more

Nujeen

By: Nujeen Mustafa & Christina Lamb

Narrated by: Raghad Chaar

Length: 6 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude, grit,... Read more

Love and First Sight

By: Josh Sundquist

Narrated by: Pat Young

Length: 6 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction.

On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove a classmate to... Read more

Smart but Scattered Teens: The "Executive Skills" Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential

By: Richard Guare PhD, Peg Dawson EdD & Colin Guare

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Length: 11 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"I told you, I'll do it later."

"I forgot to turn in the stupid application."

"Could you drive me to school? I missed the bus again."

"I can't walk the dog--I have too much homework!"

If you're the parent of a "smart but scattered" teen, trying to help him or her grow into a self-sufficient, responsible adult may feel like a never-ending battle. Now... Read more

The World in Flames

By: Jerald Walker

Narrated by: C. S. Treadway

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A lively memoir of growing up with blind African American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world—for fans of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird.

It’s 1970, and Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of a church whose beliefs he finds not only confusing but terrifying.... Read more

What to Say Next

By: Julie Buxbaum

Narrated by: Abigail Revasch & Kirby Heyborne

Length: 9 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

"What to Say Next reminds readers that hope can be found in unexpected places." –Bustle

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Nicola Yoon, the bestselling author of Everything, Everything, calls it "charming,... Read more

A Boy Called Bat

By: Elana K. Arnold

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The first book in a funny, heartfelt, and irresistible young middle grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum, from acclaimed author Elana K. Arnold and with illustrations by Charles Santoso.For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today,... Read more

Hello, Universe

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo & Amielynn Abellera

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Newbery Medal“A charming, intriguingly plotted novel.” —Washington PostAcclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly’s Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships.Told from four intertwining points of view—two boys and two girls—the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and... Read more

To Siri with Love

By: Judith Newman

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column ""To Siri with Love"" comes a collection of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for us all.When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple’s electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus,... Read more

I Funny: School of Laughs

By: James Patterson

Narrated by: Adam McCarthur

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

To save his school library, Jamie Grimm teaches other kids how to tell jokes in a comedy class -- but it's tougher than he expects in this funny book for kids of all ages.
Teaching other kids how to be funny is the toughest gig that Jamie Grimm has ever had, and with the highest stakes. If he fails, his school library will be shut down for... Read more

A Friend Like Henry

By: Nuala Gardner

Narrated by: Susan Duerden

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Dale Gardner was still a baby when his parents realized that something wasn't right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors before finally hearing the word autism for the first time. Dale's autism was severe and violent, and family life was a daily battleground.




But the Gardners' lives were transformed when they welcomed a... Read more

Autism Breakthrough

By: Raun K. Kaufman

Narrated by: Raun K. Kaufman

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

As a boy, Raun Kaufman was diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic, with an IQ below 30, and destined to spend his life in an institution. Years later, Raun graduated with a degree in biomedical ethics from Brown University and has become a passionate and articulate autism expert and educator with no trace of his former condition.... Read more

Expecting Adam

By: Martha Beck

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 12 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

"He says you'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been by remaining closed."The
messenger is a school janitor with a master's in art history who claims
to be channeling "from both sides of the veil." "He" is Adam, a
three-year-old who has never spoken an intelligible word. And the
message is intended for Martha Beck, Adam's mother,... Read more

Carly's Voice

By: Arthur Fleischmann & Carly Fleischmann

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell & Patrick Lawlor

Length: 11 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

At the age of two, Carly Fleischmann was diagnosed with severe autism and an oral motor condition that prevented her from speaking. Doctors predicted that she would never intellectually develop beyond the abilities of a small child. Although she made some progress after years of intensive behavioral and communication therapy, Carly remained... Read more

Not My Boy!

By: Danelle Morton & Rodney Peete

Narrated by: Richard Allen

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Like most fathers, I'd dreamt of doing all sorts of things with my son. I had so many plans, but when I was told my son was autistic, those plans seemed more like a fantasy. Well, eight years after that dreadful diagnosis, I am writing this book to let every father know that your plans for you and your son can still be a reality. It's just the... Read more

Life as Jamie Knows It

By: Michael Berube

Narrated by: Brian Roberts

Length: 8 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The story of Jamie Bérubé’s journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life

Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Bérubé to the world as a sweet, bright, gregarious little boy who loves the Beatles, pizza, and making lists. When he is asked in his preschool class what he would like to be when he grows up, he... Read more

Miss Spitfire

By: Sarah Miller

Narrated by: Terry Donnelly

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Miller's accomplished debut presents a fictionalized account of Anne Sullivan's life and her time as Helen Keller's teacher. Arriving at Ivy Green in 1887, Anne was a partially blind orphan who had been tasked with teaching the difficult blind, deaf, and mute girl to communicate. Anne quickly learned, along with Helen, that "words are a... Read more

Tuck Triumphant

By: Theodore Taylor

Narrated by: Christina Moore

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

This heartwarming story will be especially meaningful to any child dealing with issues of cross-cultural adoption or physical disabilities. Fourteen-year-old Helen Ogden tells the story of the miraculous friendship that grows between her blind dog Tuck and her adopted brother Chok Do, a deaf Korean orphan. Read more

Rosemary

By: Kate Clifford Larson

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference.Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was... Read more