Disabled Authors

Something More

By: Jackie Khalilieh

Narrated by: Parmida Vand

Length: 10 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.

Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wound from the Mouth of a Wound

By: torrin a. greathouse

Narrated by: torrin a. greathouse

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A Minnesota Book Award Finalist in PoetryA CLMP Firecracker Award Finalist in Poetry“Some girls are not made,” torrin a. greathouse writes, “but spring from the dirt.” Guided by a devastatingly precise hand, Wound from the Mouth of a Wound—selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as the winner of the 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry—challenges a... Read more

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

No Matter the Distance

By: Cindy Baldwin

Narrated by: Reena Dutt

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in this captivating novel in verse by award-winning author and disabled activist Cindy Baldwin. Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing... Read more

The Architecture of Disability

By: David Gissen

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With its provocative proposal for "the construction of disability,"... Read more

Fighting For YES! (Audio Descriptive)

By: Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Judith Heumann

Narrated by: Ali Stroker & Judith Heumann

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said NO. When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said NO. Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing “NO.” In the 1970s, an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The... Read more

Life on Delay

By: John Hendrickson

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • USA TODAY BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF AUDIBLE'S BEST BIOS AND MEMOIRS OF 2023 • “A raw, intimate look at [Hendrickson's] life with a stutter. It’s a profoundly moving book that will reshape the way you think about people living with this condition.”—Esquire • A candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak.... Read more

Fighting For YES! (Audio Descriptive)

By: Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Judith Heumann

Narrated by: Ali Stroker & Judith Heumann

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said NO. When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said NO. Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing “NO.” In the 1970s, an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The... Read more

Just Jerry

By: Jerry Pinkney

Narrated by: Scott Pinkney & Gloria Pinkney

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring memoir of one of the most acclaimed children’s book illustrators of all time, sharing the story of a young artist who finds the courage to follow his passion against all odds.

Jerry’s vivid recollections and lively sketchbook drawings of his youth in postwar America tell an inspiring story of how a hardworking boy pursued his... Read more

Running on Broken Legs

By: Elinor Young

Narrated by: Emily Snow

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Take undersized five-year-old farm girl Elinor, give her the polio that not only cripples her but also nearly kills her, then give her an impossible dream. In her childhood and again as a college student she rebels against the plan. Finally, she embraces the dream, and it leads Elinor to one of the most primitive, rugged places on earth and to a... Read more

Unseelie

By: Ivelisse Housman

Narrated by: Elena Rey

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls “reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own.”

“A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment.” —Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed with Us

Iselia... Read more

Spectrum Women

By: Barb Cook & Michelle Garnett

Narrated by: Emily Joyce & Vivien Carter

Length: 9 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett's comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician's perspective, and provide extensive... Read more

Desert Creatures

By: Kay Chronister

Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Thom Rivera & Samara Naeymi

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Nine-year-old Magdala and her father have been exiled from their home; they flee through the harsh landscape of the American West, searching for refuge. As violence pursues them, they join a handful of survivors on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Las Vegas, where it is said that vigilante saints reside, bright with neon power. Magdala, born... Read more

Never Say Invisible

By: Jeremy Schreiber

Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS.As the devastating disease robbed him of movement and speech, he was abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns people... Read more

Visual Thinking

By: Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo & Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD

“A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman

“An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal

A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds... Read more

A Life of Service

By: Christina Soontornvat

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

"Given Tammy Duckworth’s personal heroism as an Army veteran, her stunning recovery from injuries sustained in the line of duty, and her subsequent career as an influential US senator, it’s easy to see why Joe Biden earmarked her as a possible running mate during his Democratic presidential campaign. Senator Duckworth has logged a long list of... Read more