Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

Fum

By: Adam Rapp

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

What is it like to be a giant? Meet Corinthia Bledsoe, a seven-foot tall high-school junior who can predict the future.

Over seven feet tall and with a newfound ability to sense future events, Corinthia Bledsoe is far more than just another Midwestern high-school junior; she's a force of nature. When she predicts with terrifying accuracy the... Read more

Asperger's Syndrome

By: Shelbey Peterson

Narrated by: Thomas Cassidy

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A basic, clear guide to Asperger’s Syndrome.
You don’t have to look far to finally understand what Asperger’s Syndrome is all about. This concise guide will give you all the details you need and more. It makes the most important things clear that you need to know. You will hear, among others: 
What it is, and how it differs from autism The most... Read more

Getting Ahead of ADHD

By: Joel T. Nigg, PhD

Narrated by: Paul Costanzo

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Does toxic pollution cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? What about screen use? Are alternative treatments worth exploring? Can dietary changes help? From leading ADHD researcher Joel T. Nigg, this book presents exciting treatment advances grounded in the new science of epigenetics—how genes and the environment interact.... Read more

An Early Start for Your Child with Autism

By: Sally J. Rogers, Geraldine Dawson & Laurie A. V...

Narrated by: Ann Marie Lee

Length: 17 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Cutting-edge research reveals that parents can play a huge role in helping toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) connect with others and live up to their potential. This encouraging guide from the developers of a groundbreaking early intervention program provides doable, practical strategies you can use every day. Nearly... Read more

Precious Cargo

By: Craig Davidson

Narrated by: John Cleland

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

For readers of Kristine Barnett's The Spark, Andrew Solomon's Far From the Tree and Ian Brown's The Boy in the Moon, here is a heartfelt, funny and surprising memoir about one year spent driving a bus full of children with special needs.With his last novel, Cataract City, Craig Davidson established himself as one of our most... Read more

The Summer of the Swans

By: Betsy Byars

Narrated by: Alyson Silverman

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A Newbery Medal Winner

All summer Sara Godfrey has fretted over herself, her impossible body, her terrible new haircut. One moment she's elated, the next, she's in tears. And she can't figure out why. Maybe her wildly changing moods are tied to the sudden and unaccountable appearance of the swans, which hold the rapt attention of Charlie, Sara's... Read more

Just Jen

By: Jen Powley

Narrated by: Christine Brubaker

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Jen Powley was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at fifteen. By thirty-five, she had lost the use of her arms and legs.Just Jen is a powerful memoir that tells the story of Powley’s life at the time of her diagnosis, and the infinite, irrevocable ways it has changed since. Powley’s writing pulls no punches. She is lively, bold and unapologetic,... Read more

Pocket Rocks

By: Sheree Fitch

Narrated by: Heather Gould

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

No matter how hard he tries, even with the help of his classroom aide, Ian Goobie can't do the things that the other children in his class can do. Every day he dreads going to school. Then he finds a rock, a rock that fits perfectly in his pocket, a rock that touches all his senses and whisks him away into a whole other world. From then on, as... Read more

In Sickness and in Health

By: Ben Mattlin

Narrated by: René Ruiz

Length: 8 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

A frank, humorous exploration of interabled dating, love, and marriage

Ben Mattlin’s wife, ML, recalls falling in love with his confidence and sheer determination. On one of their earliest dates, he persuaded her to ride on his lap in his wheelchair on their way home from an Elvis Costello concert. Thirty years later, they still travel like this... Read more

Schuyler's Monster

By: Robert Rummel-Hudson

Narrated by: Johnathan McClain

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

When Schuyler Rummel-Hudson was eighteen months old, a question about her lack of speech by her pediatrician set in motion a journey that continues today. When she was diagnosed with bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria (an extremely rare neurological disorder), her parents were given a name for the monster that had been stalking them from... Read more

A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise

By: Sandy Allen

Narrated by: Sandy Allen

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

“Compelling…A bracing work of art and a loving tribute” (Los Angeles Times), this propulsive, stunning book illuminates the experience of living with schizophrenia like never before.

Sandra Allen did not know their uncle Bob very well. As a child, Sandy had been told Bob was “crazy,” that he had spent time in mental hospitals while growing up in... Read more

Baby Care

By: Joseph R. Parker

Narrated by: Bob D.

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

How prepared are you to guide your baby through the first and most important year of his life?
There's nothing quite like a baby's first months of life, as they are arguably the ones that will have the most impact throughout their entire development. 
First-time parents and veterans agree that the first year can be one of the most challenging... Read more

Att vara vuxen med Aspergers syndrom

By: Paula Tilli

Narrated by: Elin Mohede

Length: 6 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Vad innebär det egentligen att leva med Aspergers syndrom som vuxen människa i dagens samhälle?I denna bok som på ett personligt sätt skildrar livet som vuxen med Aspergers syndrom, utgår Paula Tilli från sina egna erfarenheter och möten. Förutom att vända sig till dig som har en diagnos inom autismspektret, är boken också full av konkreta råd... Read more

Blessed Are the Misfits

By: Brant Hansen

Narrated by: Brant Hansen

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

If you've ever felt like you don't fit into American church culture... Brant Hansen has been there, too. Join Hansen as he explores modern Christianity, the beauty of being different, and the astonishing goodness of God.American church culture can feel designed for extroverted, emotional people -- so what does that mean for the rest of us? Brant... Read more

Kat and Meg Conquer the World

By: Anna Priemaza

Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie & Sisi A. Johnson

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything, Emery Lord’s When We Collided, and Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Anna Priemaza’s debut novel is a heartwarming and achingly real story of finding a friend, being a fan, and defining your place in a difficult world.Kat and Meg couldn’t be more different. Kat’s anxiety makes it hard for her to talk to... Read more

Disable Your Disability

By: Tony Jacobsen

Narrated by: Tony Jacobsen

Length: 4 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Through sharing his personal story of challenges and triumphs, Tony delivers a perfectly structured guidebook on how to traverse the journey of embracing a disability to begin living a healthier, happier, and more fulfilling life.This is the first book to explore the important and somewhat delicate relationship between Osteogenesis Imperfecta... Read more

Pupcakes

By: Annie England Noblin

Narrated by: Amy McFadden

Length: 9 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Sit! Stay! Speak! author Annie England Noblin’s novel takes one woman starting over, adds an aging pug named Teddy Roosevelt, and proves the power of a well-baked dog treat. All she wants is a settled-down life.What she gets is a dog—and a whole new normal . . . There he stood in the doorway: overweight, depressed and nearly homeless—a pug named... Read more

Penguin Bloom

By: Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive

Narrated by: Stefan Wilkening & Lisa Wagner

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Dieses Buch ist ein Bestseller - und das zu Recht. (Deutschlandradio Kultur) "Dieser kleine Vogel zeigte uns, dass es in der Welt viel mehr Liebe gibt, als wir uns hätten vorstellen können." Es ist die wahre Geschichte der Familie Bloom, die nach einem tragischen Unfall beinahe zerbricht und durch einen kleinen Vogel gerettet wird. Als Küken bei... Read more

The Little Big Things

By: Henry Fraser

Narrated by: Henry Fraser

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

A short, inspirational read from Henry Fraser, a young quadriplegic motivational speaker and artist.

Henry Fraser was a 17-year old sports enthusiast and senior prefect when he broke his spinal cord and was left paralysed from the shoulders down. Life as he knew it was over and yet, through extraordinary determination and a positive attitude, he... Read more

Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit

By: Boris Starling

Narrated by: Colin Mace

Length: 5 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

‘You are all Invictus, you are now ambassadors for the spirit of these games. Never stop fighting and do all you can to lift up everyone around you…’ The Invictus Games change lives and save lives.Created and spearheaded by Prince Harry, for whom this is a very personal cause, the Games are for current and former servicemen... Read more

The Way to Bea

By: Kat Yeh

Narrated by: Dianne Down

Length: 6 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

With a charming voice, winning characters, and a perfectly-woven plot, Kat Yeh delivers a powerful story of friendship and finding a path towards embracing yourself.

Everything in Bea's world has changed. She's starting seventh grade newly friendless and facing big changes at home, where she is about to go from only child to big sister. Feeling... Read more

Slider

By: Pete Hautman

Narrated by: Scott Lange

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact, he’ll have to do better: he’s going to compete in the Super... Read more

The Thing with Feathers

By: McCall Hoyle

Narrated by: Nora Hunter

Length: 7 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Emilie Day believes in playing it safe: she’s homeschooled, her best friend is her seizure dog, and she’s probably the only girl on the Outer Banks of North Carolina who can’t swim.Then Emilie’s mom enrolls her in public school, and Emilie goes from studying at home in her pj’s to halls full of strangers. To make matters worse, Emilie is paired... Read more

To Siri with Love

By: Judith Newman

Narrated by: Cris Dukehart

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column ""To Siri with Love"" comes a collection of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a thirteen-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for us all.When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple’s electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus,... Read more