Recs if you like The Words in My Hands...
Own Voices Chronic Illness/Disability Rep
Fiction books by disabled authors
Disability in Kidlit (YA, middle grade, children)
Winners and honorees of the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Award: https://www.ala.org/awards/books-media/schneider-family-book-award. The award honors “an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.”
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Disabled Authors Writing Disabled Characters in YA
Books written by disabled authors with disabled main characters. These books include a wide range of disabilities in YA genres as well as diverse authors and topics. (Please also see Disabled Authors Writing Disabled Characters for "adult" books).
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