Recs if you like Give Me a Sign...

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! we're starting with the colour green in the disability pride flag, which represents sensory disabilities. examples are deafness, blindness/HOH, hearing loss, etc. books within this series will be fiction and non fiction. as always feel free to recommend any book that you think should be on this list!

Fiction books by disabled authors

Pack your bags and leave the weight of the world behind for a bit! Think of this list as your literary escape pod featuring a diverse itinerary of YA and Adult books that feel like a warm hug. This is strictly a grief-free vacation designed for pure, joyful escapism! Always open to recs from all genres - see pinned comment for details! I hope you enjoy your mental vacation in the Serotonin Suite!!

books written by disabled authors

I just wanted to share the list of books I've read with physically disabled & chronically ill characters in MG, YA and Adult books. If you have other recommendations, I'd love to hear them!

updated to include books I haven't read yet but that have been recommended to me!!

These books either have a main character or main side character who's important to the plot with deaf and/or hard of hearing rep! 🙉👂🔕 I haven't read all of these, but I have read a good chunk, so I'm always happy to talk with anyone about them & recs are always appreciated! 💜

Fiction reads featuring characters with disabilities, physical and/or mental health both included.

Recommendations welcome!

mental and physical disabilities across all genres

Books featuring deaf and/or hard of hearing (HOH) characters or people-across as many genres as possible.

fiction books with disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and mental illness representation (usually written by Own Voices authors).

I’ve combined these categories because I’ve found they have impacted my life in similar ways and a lot of books include overlap 💗

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).

These are a list of books set at summer camps (my fav setting). Please comments any you know of!

some of these I cannot see the cover or hear about the book without hearing the song lyrics

not necessarily recommendations, just a compilation

i'm profoundly deaf with a cochlear implant and don't sign but i always keep an eye out for books with deaf rep

YA books featuring characters with diverse backgrounds / sexualities / gender identities / ethnicities / religions / disabilities / neurodiversities

you can pry these out of my cold dead hands :)

Disabled perspectives and protagonists in fiction, across genres.

For the Fae and Flame Society book club, often our spring book bingo includes a square for 'Deaf/Hard of Hearing Representation.' Here is a list of books as such!