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Non-Fiction Books by Disabled Authors
Non-fiction books about disability by disabled authors
Nothing About Us Without Us: Non Fiction
A collection of books by a range of disabled authors exploring what it means to navigate a world that isnβt built with accessibility in mind. Personal stories with sharp insight, these works challenge what we think we know about disability, chronic illness, mental health, neurodiversity, the myth of recovery, and what it means to belong.
List is a work in progress!
PAIN au chocolat
These books try to get to the root of what pain is and where it comes from and how humans have tried to treat it. From chronic illness, disability to medication. Nonfiction regarding health, women's health, mental health, painkillers, opium, the body and autoimmune diseases. This list is NOT about finding healing (since that is a very individual journey) but how to be seen and understood and how to find the words to describe pain and sickness.
Disability in Kidlit (YA, middle grade, children)
Winners and honorees of the American Library Associationβs Schneider Family Book Award: https://www.ala.org/awards/books-media/schneider-family-book-award. The award honors βan author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.β
Rare disabilities
Often called rare diseases, but these would be more accurately classified under the disability umbrella
Not meant as a way to fetishise or sensationalise the experiences of real people, more to create understanding from a social and biological perspective
Featuring Physical Disability
Happy disability pride month!
