Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

Lo que no te contaron acerca del autismo

By: ALEXIA RATTAZZI

Narrated by: Claudia R Barrett

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Un popurrí de temas provocador, creativo, innovador, pero sobre todo portante de un mensaje de esperanza, optimismo y profundo respeto por la diversidad. Estamos convencidos de que la respuesta a muchas de nuestras preguntas se encuentra en la riqueza de la diversidad de miradas y en la co-construcción colectiva. Y que entre todos podemos... Read more

Dragon Towers: Sports Day

By: Pip Bird

Narrated by: Jay Lafayette Valentine

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Join Theo on new adventure at Dragon Towers – the school where everyone has their own dragon best friend! A hilarious new series from the author of the Naughtiest Unicorn – highly illustrated, full of fun and adventure, and starring a dragon with a magical bum. Perfect for readers aged 6... Read more

Body Friend

By: Katherine Brabon

Narrated by: India Dupré

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Body Friend by Katherine Brabon, read by India Dupré.

A potent novel about chronic illness and the circular nature of recovery—shortlisted for the major Australian literary award The Stella Prize.

In the wake of a major operation, a twenty-eight-year-old woman with chronic illness has twelve weeks to heal, or rather, to... Read more

Time and Time Again

By: Chatham Greenfield

Narrated by: SJ Valiquette

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield, read by SJ Valiquette.

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club LitUp Pick

In this debut YA speculative romance perfect for fans of Rachael Lippincott, two queer, disabled, Jewish teens find themselves stuck in a time loop—and falling love.

Phoebe Mendel’s day is never ending—literally.

On August... Read more

Top of the World

By: Martin Hibbert

Narrated by: Will Edgerton

Length: 8 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Martin Hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down by the Manchester Arena bombing which killed twenty-two people on 22 May 2017. Martin’s teenage daughter Eve was one of the 940 injured, in Eve’s case, gravely. The dad from Bolton has since become a leading campaigner both for victims of the atrocity and those with spinal cord... Read more

A Practical Parent's Guide to PDA and Autism

By: Michelle Davis

Narrated by: Scarlett Rae Elliott

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Feeling Lost, Overwhelmed, or Unsure How to Support Your Neurodivergent Child?You're not alone. The path to diagnosis and support can be confusing—every day can feel like a battle of demands, meltdowns, and anxiety. That's where A Practical Parent's Guide to PDA and Autism comes in.What if the solution lies not in fixing behavior but in... Read more

I Funny

By: James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein

Narrated by: Frankie Seratch

Length: 3 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 bestselling author James Patterson doles out the laughs in the first book in the hit series! Middle-schooler Jamie Grimm faces bullies and self-doubt as he chases his dream of becoming the world’s greatest comedian.   Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest standup comedian--even if he doesn't... Read more

I Even Funnier

By: James Patterson & Chris Grabenstein

Narrated by: Frankie Seratch

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In James Patterson's follow-up to I Funny, middle schooler Jamie Grimm is ready for the national comedy semi-finals. . . but when his family and friends need his help, will he have to put his dreams on hold?
In this follow up to the #1 New York Times bestseller I Funny, middle schooler Jamie Grimm has big dreams of being the best stand-up comic... Read more

For the Benefit of Those Who See

By: Rosemary Mahoney

Narrated by: Rosemary Mahoney

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school.

Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to... Read more

Stronger

By: Jeff Bauman & Bret Witter

Narrated by: Jeff Woodman

Length: 7 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling memoir of the 27-year-old Boston Marathon bombing survivor and the basis of the major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs, the first thing he did was try to... Read more

A Good School

By: Richard Yates

Narrated by: Kristoffer Tabori

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American fiction as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer.

In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's... Read more

Back in the Fight

By: Joseph Kapacziewski & Charles W. Sasser

Narrated by: Johnny Heller & Jo Anna Perrin

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The inspiring and thrilling combat memoir of the only Army Ranger serving in direct combat operations with a prosthetic limb.

On October 3, 2005, Kapacziewski and his soldiers were coming to the end of their tour in Northern Iraq when their convoy was attacked by enemy fighters. A grenade fell through the gunner's hatch and exploded, shattering... Read more

Haatchi & Little B

By: Wendy Holden

Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister

Length: 5 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 International Bestseller

When Owen met Haatchi, the lives of one adorable little boy and one great, big dog were destined to change forever.

Owen-known to his family as "little buddy" or "Little B"-has a rare genetic disorder that leaves him largely confined to a wheelchair. Before being united with Haatchi, Little B was anxious and found it... Read more

Harry's Pony

By: Barbara Ann Porte

Narrated by: Uncredited

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Home for a pony.When Harry wins a pony in a contest, he is very excited. But Harry's father says that a pony can't live at their house, and Harry will have to find another place for it to stay. How will Harry find a good home for his pony? Read more

Life Happens Next

By: Terry Trueman

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Stuck in Neutral, a Printz Honor Book, introduced the world to Shawn McDaniel, a fourteen-year-old kid with cerebral palsy. But what happens next?Shawn's got a new perspective on life. But no one has a clue. That's because they can see only his wheelchair, his limp body, his drool. What they don't see? His brain, with perfect auditory memory.... Read more

Stuck in Neutral

By: Terry Trueman

Narrated by: Johnny Heller

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This ""intense reading experience""* is a Printz Honor Book.Shawn McDaniel's life is not what it may seem to anyone looking at him. He is glued to his wheelchair, unable to voluntarily move a muscle—he can't even move his eyes. For all Shawn's father knows, his son may be suffering. Shawn may want a release. And as long as he is unable to... Read more

Bloom

By: Kelle Hampton

Narrated by: Kelle Hampton

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

There is us. Our Family. We will hold our precious gift and know that we are lucky . . .From the outside looking in, Kelle Hampton had the perfect life: a beautiful two-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a thriving photography career. When she learned she was pregnant with their second child, they were ecstatic. But when their new daughter... Read more

Say What You Will

By: Cammie McGovern

Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“A unique and unforgettable love.” —Teen VogueJohn Green's The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel.Cammie McGovern's insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who... Read more

Thinking Differently

By: David Flink

Narrated by: Roger Wayne

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

An innovative, comprehensive guide—the first of its kind—to help parents understand and accept learning disabilities in their children, offering tips and strategies for successfully advocating on their behalf and helping them become their own best advocates.In Thinking Differently, David Flink, the leader of Eye to Eye—a national mentoring... Read more

Back in Action

By: David Rozelle

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

They put a price on his head. They did everything they could to disrupt his mission. Finally, when an antitank mine tore off his right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most resourceful, determined foes. They were wrong.Refusing to let his injury stop him, Captain David Rozelle roared back into action,... Read more

Mother Warriors

By: Jenny McCarthy

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 5 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children by the high-profile bestselling author ofLouder than WordsWhen Jenny McCarthy published the story of her successful efforts to save her son from autism, the response was tremendous, including a number-three rank on the New York Times bestseller list and an appearance on... Read more

Healing and Preventing Autism

By: Jenny McCarthy & Jerry Kartzinel MD

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Since 2006, autism has become the leading disorder affecting children in the United States. As children continue to be diagnosed at epidemic rates and parents struggle to find help, a school of DAN (Defeat Autism Now) pediatricians has been pioneering therapies and treatments that help reverse the effects of autism. DAN doctors have discovered... Read more

The Outside of a Horse

By: Ginny Rorby

Narrated by: Emily Bauer

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

“There’s nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.”—old English proverbThe stories Hannah Gale’s father told her of breaking wild horses in Nevada one glorious summer when he was her age have captured her imagination. After her dad is called to fight in Iraq, she regularly stops to watch the horses at the nearby stable... Read more

Twin

By: Allen Shawn

Narrated by: William Hughes

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful memoir about life as a twin in the face of autismWhen Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two years old, Mary began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed years later as autism. Understanding Mary and making her life a happy one appeared to be impossible for the Shawns. With almost no warning, her... Read more