Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

How to be Happy

By: J. A. Powell

Narrated by: Byron Fitzgerald

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

How to be Happy - Book One is a series of happiness hacks relating to daily personal life. These are tips and tricks proven to make a difference in people's lives. I'm living proof of that. Despite being disabled with an incurable illness, I am, right now, the happiest I've ever been. How do I explain it? Drop in and I'll share my secrets. After... 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

Set Free Autism and ADHD

By: Lilly J Faith

Narrated by: Shannon Flynn

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A Story of Love Conquers AllThis is a tell-all story: the good and the bad of parenting a child with Autism and ADHD. Do you need a laugh, a cry, or release from a heavy subject of diagnosis? Why not flick through the pages of this book. In your hands, you hold an overview of information that I have researched and used. It is filled with... Read more

Autism for Adults

By: Daniel M. Jones

Narrated by: Daniel M. Jones

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The Ultimate Handbook for Success on the Spectrum – Written by and for Autistic People!

I feel like everyone else got a handbook with all the answers, and I never got my copy. This is a common thought among autistic people, because society is built with neurotypical people in mind—but that handbook has finally arrived. Even better, it was written... Read more

Angry Cripples. Stimmen behinderter Menschen gegen Ableismus [Ungekürzt]

By: Alina Buschmann & Luisa L'Audace

Narrated by: Alina Buschmann

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

"Angry Cripples" werden behinderte Menschen abfällig genannt, denen vorgeworfen wird, aufgrund ihrer Behinderung verbittert zu sein. Dieses Hörbuch fordert den Begriff zurück und besetzt ihn neu. Es kommen ausschließlich behinderte Menschen zu Wort - und viele von ihnen sind wütend darüber, wie die Gesellschaft mit ihnen umgeht. Zu Recht. Hier... Read more

Father and Son

By: Jonathan Raban

Narrated by: James Langton

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A poignant memoir of love, trauma, and recovery after a life-changing stroke, twinned to a powerful account of his father's experience in World War II, by a winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.

“A beautiful, compelling memoir...Raban’s final work is a gorgeous achievement.” —Ian McEwan, New York... Read more

The Autists

By: Clara Törnvall

Narrated by: Kim Bretton

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis.



Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls and women have largely remained undiagnosed. When portrayed in popular culture, women on the... Read more

Through the Wormhole

By: Chris Solaas

Narrated by: Chris Solaas

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The call for help seemed to come from the wall, and I knew there wasn’t a secret room there. That’s when I spied two bare feet sticking out of a hole in the wall.Holes in the wall. Setting fires in the house. Secret rooms and monsters in the closets. My wife and I never thought we'd have adventures like these raising our kids. After dealing with... Read more

Loving Our Own Bones

By: Julia Watts Belser

Narrated by: Sara Sheckells

Length: 11 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics that reimagines disability in the Bible and contemporary culture

A 2024 National Jewish Book Award winner and essential read on disability, spirituality, and social justice

“What’s wrong with you?”

Scholar, activist, and rabbi Julia Watts Belser is all too familiar with... Read more

The One By One Documentaries

By: Gregory Kemmis

Narrated by: Gregory Kemmis

Length: 7 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

This story is true and remains dedicated to impacting the needs and lives of individuals in society: all the topics are real, whereas it's main purpose is to raise awareness of ongoing issues, yet present encouraging messages.Inspired by the life, work and values of Artist/Composer, Producer, Leader & Friend: Gregory Kemmis.
This is the first... Read more

Joseph

By: Philomena Scully

Narrated by: Issie Riley

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Joseph is a book that tells the real-life story of a single mother coping with the pressures of life and bringing up a child with autism. The author, Philomena Scully, captures a world that is relatable to other parents – the main audience that the book has been written for.It shares a variety of honest and funny stories, covering common topics... Read more

Hope Fights Back

By: Meredith Atwood & Andrea Lytle Peet

Narrated by: Andrea Lytle Peet & Meredith Atwood

Length: 10 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The incredible story of a young woman living with ALS, who defies all odds by finishing fifty marathons and, in turn, inspires people to “go on, be brave.”Andrea Lytle Peet was thirty-three years old—an urban planner living in D.C., newly married, and a triathlete—when she received the death sentence of an ALS diagnosis (also known as Lou... Read more

Friendship Love Autism

By: Michelle Preston & Andrew Preston

Narrated by: Michelle Preston & Andrew Preston

Length: 9 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Andrew didn’t realize he might be autistic until his girlfriend, Michelle, approached him about it months into their relationship. No amount of life experience could’ve prepared Michelle for the confusion she felt while dating Andrew, as he was unlike any man she had ever dated before. The thought never dawned on her that she could fall deeply... Read more

Black and Neurodiverse: "The intersectionality of being Black and Neurodiverse"

By: Oluseyitan Ojedokun

Narrated by: Oluseyitan Ojedokun

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Insight into the life of a Neurodiverse Black girl from the Midlands, as she embarks on her journey through the UK school system. This book unveils and highlights the unique experiences of neurodiverse people of colour and the many challenges they face. In this book, 24-year-old, British-Nigerian, Oluseyitan Ojedokun gives an account of her... Read more

Entstellt - Abridged

By: Amanda Leduc

Narrated by: Anna Amalie Blomeyer

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Märchen und Geschichten, die wir als Kinder erzählt bekommen, prägen unsere Wahrnehmung der Welt. Was aber passiert, wenn man sich eher mit dem Biest identifiziert als mit der Schönen? Wenn jede hässliche, entstellte, behinderte Märchenfigur als böse gilt, verhöhnt und bestraft wird – wie kann sich das Biest dann jemals ein Happy End... Read more

ADHD After Dark

By: Ari Tuckman

Narrated by: Danny Hughes

Length: 12 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

This pioneering book explores the impact of ADHD on a couple's sex life and relationship. It explains how a better sex life will benefit your relationship (and vice versa) and why that's especially important for couples with one partner with ADHD.



Grounded in innovative research, ADHD After Dark draws on data from a survey of over 3000 adults in... Read more

Sensory Processing Solutions

By: Sally Fryer Dietz

Narrated by: Ryan Paige

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

• Explores many non-medication therapy methods, such as Sensory Integration Therapy and CranioSacral Therapy, to help children with sensory processing disorders and other developmental glitches

• Details common signs of SPD at each developmental stage from infancy to grade school

• Presents success stories from the author’s own family and from her... Read more

Color Taste Texture

By: Matthew Broberg-Moffitt

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes.

This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques with a dash of understanding about food aversion and how to help your kids—and yourself—cook beautiful meals in an empowering way, and is a... Read more

Dyslexia. Wrestling with an Octopus

By: Beth Beamish

Narrated by: Naomi Barton

Length: 4 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Does your child have dyslexia?Backed by research and over a decade of personal experience, I've developed a holistic approach to help your child succeed. Find out about the eight areas of dyslexic challenge. Discover tools to teach your child to read, spell, and master the multiplication tables Understand other learning challenges commonly found... Read more

Blindingly Obvious

By: Minnie Baragwanath

Narrated by: Romy Hooper

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the moving story of a woman who, throughout her life, has refused to be defined by what others think she can or cannot do. Minnie Baragwanath was diagnosed, at the age of 15, with a congenital condition that left her legally blind. However, she did not meekly accept the limitations that blindness might have imposed on her: instead, she... Read more

Stories

By: Laura Jean Pulscher

Narrated by: Wendy Anderson

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

From faith’s birth to its refining through disease, this poetically illustrated memoir details one woman’s journey of growth. Pulscher’s writings stand testament that each individual, regardless of limitations, can make a meaningful contribution to the world through daring to share their stories. Read more

Canaries Among Us

By: Kayla Taylor

Narrated by: Erin Moon

Length: 12 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Riveting...powerful...brilliant...necessary.” (Kirkus Reviews)For those drawn to both Tara Westover’s moving account of a difficult childhood and Susan Cain’s research on underappreciated traits...Canaries Among Us reveals the exquisite joy and tender heartache inherent in raising a child who is undervalued by a community.A lifeline to those... Read more

I Was Made Special

By: 6 Wheelz

Narrated by: Midnite Michael

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

I wrote I Was Made Special for two reasons: For anybody who was born with a disability like me, to reassure them that just because they were born differently than everyone else: doesn't mean that they aren't any less special. Also to try and discourage other children from bullying their peers. I hope this book help teach the importance of having... Read more

OCD

By: Dave Rodan

Narrated by: John H Fehskens

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Study what Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is and how to deal with it the best way. 
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be a strong disorder and the tendencies pertaining to it can be challenging to manage, but if we learn to comprehend what it means, what the symptoms are, and what its main roots are, we will be better at handling the effects... Read more