From the time I was young, I have loved to read and as I have gotten older I have had to discover books about characters with disabilities , cuz lets face it reading about average people is boring when u have a disability because you do not have anything to relate to, Here are some books that I have found and loved that have characters that live with disabilities I have just finished American Lit so keeping with the theme all of these books are written by Americans.
ACCIDENTS OF NATURE
I first learned of this book through other youth leaders at I am Norm. This is about a girl with CP who has been mainstreamed her whole life but goes to summer camp for those with disabilities. Very good but it is set in 1970 so the R word will rear its ugly head. Talks about the average
community vs the special needs community in an accessible way.
OUT OF MY MIND
If you have a child friend student who has a speech impairment you need to read this book. This is the story of a little girl with prety significant CP. She can not walk or talk but knows exactly whats going on. This needs to be turned into a movie. It is viral that parents read this book
The Story of Beautiful Girl
1968 A women with developmental disabilities gives birth to a baby girl only problem is she lives in an institution She runs away with her deaf boyfriend and she comes to the home of a retired school teacher. Unfortunately the women and her boy friend are caught but the girl is not found by the officials Read how their lives unfold. R word is in the book. The book captures the disability rights movement.
Nobody's Perfect
Great book written about a deaf girl who is bothered by the fact that a new girl does not like her. Turns out that the new girl has a secret
One of the Authors is Marlee Matlin the deaf actress who is best known for Children of a Lesser god.
She also has written two other books , yet I like this one the best.
Wonder
A kid who looks different starts the fifth grade for the first time. Very good read talks about bullying.
Still reading this one. This is about three kids who have recently moved into a SF home that was once owned by a author. The youngest of the three kids has dyslexia. They go on a adventure to save their mom and dad. Fairly new book
Memory keepers daughter
A doctor delivers his own twins . A boy and a girl with down syndrome. He sends the nurse on call to take the baby to a group home;however, she refuses. Things are complicated because the Doctor's wife thinks that the child has died.
Part one of the list. Do you guys have more Fiction books. Next up is memoirs
1 comment:
Great list, Veronica! Another book you might want to add is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon. (Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1400032717).
The narrator is a kid on the autism spectrum. It's fascinating and a good read, too. (It's a novel.)
Best, Teeka
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