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By: Greg Marshall
Narrated by: Greg Marshall
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets—as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy
Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes and you'll see a lopsided teenager limping across a high school stage, or in a wheelchair after leg surgeries,... Read more
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
By: Eddie Ndopu
Narrated by: Eddie Ndopu
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful
Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his mobility. He was told that he wouldn’t live beyond age five and yet, Ndopu thrived. He grew up loving pop... Read more
The Silence Between Us
By: Alison Gervais
Narrated by: Chloe Dolandis
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
“The Silence Between Us is eminently un-put-down-able.” (NPR)Schneider Family Book Award, Best Teen Honor Book 2020“This is a great YA contemporary (clean) romance that follows Maya as she navigates a new school and plans for her future. The addition of representation by a Deaf character was really beautifully done. Highly recommend for people... Read more
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Being Seen
By: Elsa Sjunneson
Narrated by: Elsa Sjunneson
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else.
As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of... Read more
How to Be Human
By: Jory Fleming
Narrated by: Jory Fleming & Lyric Winik
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A “beautiful and astonishing” (Walter Isaacson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) narrative that examines the many ways to be fully human, told by the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for... Read more
Dear Black Girls
By: A'ja Wilson
Narrated by: A'ja Wilson
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.” ―Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We're Going to Need More Wine and You... Read more
White Supremacy Is All Around
By: Akilah Cadet
Narrated by: Akilah Cadet
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Founder and CEO of consulting firm Change Cadet Dr. Akilah Cadet shares a powerful, incisive look at where we are in the fight to dismantle white supremacy—and what we urgently need to do next.
This is the story of how I became an unapologetic Black disabled woman in a white world. This book is for people who look and live structurally like me... Read more
Every Time You Go Away
By: Abigail Johnson
Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano & Graham Halstead
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, forgiveness, and the kind of love that blooms in the aftermath.
Eight years ago, Ethan and Rebecca met, two troublemaking kids sharing secrets and first kisses in a tree house, until Ethan’s mom returned to take him away. Each and every visit, his... Read more
The Girl with Special Shoes
By: Hilda Bih Muluh
Narrated by: Hilda Bih Muluh
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Hilda’s family didn’t know she had muscular dystrophy. They just knew their preschooler was losing her ability to walk. But they were determined to find a cure.
Being disabled in Cameroon meant not only obstacles to transport, but visits to diviners and evangelists, threats of sexual assault, discrimination, and a crisis of faith. Despite the... Read more
Lucky Girl
By: Scout Bassett
Narrated by: Scout Bassett
Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Sprinter, long jumper, and Paralympian Scout Bassett shares the lessons she’s learned battling the toughest challenges facing young women today.
As an infant in China, Scout Bassett survived a fire that took her right leg. She spent the next seven years in an orphanage before being adopted and whisked away to the United States, where she felt... Read more
Limp Forward
By: Libo Meyers
Narrated by: Libo Meyers
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
"A vibrant story of a brilliant and industrious woman." — Kirkus Reviews
"An inspirational book that drives home the importance of perseverance, love, and the beauty that can come from being differently abled." — Readers' Favorite (5 star)
"A tale of perseverance, an inspiration for all. Look back to understand your roots, & look forward to... Read more
A Life Worth Living
By: Tommy Jessop
Narrated by: Jane Jessop & Tommy Jessop
Length: 18 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.
I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.
Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre... Read more
Scatter Brain
By: Shaparak Khorsandi
Narrated by: Shaparak Khorsandi
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
Some brains, through no fault of their own, pack a bag, turn the lights off and run away to the seaside the moment they are meant to be doing homework, paying bills or not putting the cat in the fridge. These are ADHD brains. I have one and believe they are as common as being left-handed, flat footed or genuinely... Read more
Give Me a Sign
By: Anna Sortino
Narrated by: Elizabeth Robbins
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Jenny Han meets CODA in this big-hearted YA debut about first love and Deaf pride at a summer camp.
Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a... Read more
The Secret Summer Promise
By: Keah Brown
Narrated by: Tamika Katon-Donegal
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Andrea Williams has got this. The Best Summer Ever. Last summer, she spent all her time in bed, recovering from the latest surgery for her cerebral palsy. She’s waited too long for adventure and thrills to enter her life. Together with her crew of ride-or-die friends, and the best parents anyone could ask for (just don’t tell them that), she’s... Read more
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Chronic
By: Rebecca Dimyan
Narrated by: Devon Sorvari
Length: 4 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
In this powerful debut, Rebecca Dimyan details her experience with endometriosis, a chronic disease which effects one in ten women worldwide. This painful condition takes an average of seven years to be diagnosed and has no proven cure. Most women will undergo multiple surgeries, take countless painkillers and other drugs, and will still endure... Read more
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Where You See Yourself
By: Claire Forrest
Narrated by: Ali Stroker
Length: 8 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and much-needed disability representation in this story about a girl who's determined to follow her dreams.By the time Effie Galanos starts her senior year, it feels like she's already been thinking about college applications for an eternity-after all,... Read more
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Little Earthquakes
By: Sarah Mandel
Narrated by: Jean Ann Douglass
Length: 7 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
“Sarah Mandel has done something remarkable here. I found myself weeping, laughing with delight and moved with love—all in the span of the day it took me to devour this book. Filled with deliciously specific images and metaphors, clear dialogue, and rich explorations of self and others, Mandel has written—among other things—a tender witness... Read more
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Jude Saves the World
By: Ronnie Riley
Narrated by: Maxwell Glick
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Perfect for fans of Alex Gino, A. J. Sass, and Kyle Lukoff, this is the joyful and heartwarming story of Jude, a nonbinary kid who knows exactly who they are and decides to create a safe space in their community.Twelve-year-old Jude struggles with some things: focusing at school, feeling like everything rests on their shoulders, not being able... Read more
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Gold Medal Mysteries: Thief on the Track
By: Ellie Robinson
Narrated by: Nadia Albina
Length: 6 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Join three sporting detectives as they race around the world in the brand new mystery adventure series from multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson.
Hannah, Maria, and Seb are at the World Championships in Tokyo, bonding over their excitement at watching their favourite athletes compete. But Jesse Marks, a star runner on the US... Read more
Losing Music
By: John Cotter
Narrated by: John Cotter
Length: 7 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
“I was in the car the first time music seemed strange: the instruments less distinct, the vocals less crisp.”John Cotter was thirty years old when he first began to notice a ringing in his ears. Soon the ringing became a roar inside his head. Next came partial deafness, then dizziness and vertigo that rendered him unable to walk, work, sleep, or... Read more
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Without Restraint
By: Robert C. DeLena & Ryan C. DeLena
Narrated by: Tim Getman & Alex Boyles
Length: 9 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
As a child Ryan DeLena had difficulty controlling his emotional outbursts. This led to placement in therapeutic schools that relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraints.Nothing helped from a team of doctors to heavy medication. Then in 2010, Ryan was voluntarily committed to a mental hospital for further... Read more
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Rockstar Detectives: Murder at the Movies
By: Adam Hills
Narrated by: Adam Hills
Length: 5 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
Meet Charley - a totally ordinary 13-year-old, who's also an international singing sensation.
Meet George - Charley's best friend, social media whizz, and budding comedian.
Charley and George are in Sydney, where Charley is filming her first movie. But when mysterious accidents begin to happen whenever Charley's on set,... Read more
My Body and Other Crumbling Empires
By: Lyndsey Medford
Narrated by: Emily Ellet
Length: 6 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
As a writer, activist, and theology student, Lyndsey Medford was used to critiquing unsustainable medical, environmental, economic, and social systems from a theoretical perspective. But when her autoimmune disorder roared out of remission, she discovered that her own body's systems lived at the very real vortex of all those systems'... Read more
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