Perspectives on Disability audiobooks
![The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781461848318_1120.jpg)
![The Orange Houses by Paul Griffin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781461848318_1120.jpg)
The Orange Houses
By: Paul Griffin
Narrated by: Robin Miles
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Meet Tamika Sykes?Mik to her friends (if she had any). She?s hearing impaired and way too smart for her West Bronx high school. She copes by reading lips and selling homework answers, and looks forward to the time each day when she can be alone in her room drawing. She?s a tough girl who never gets close to anyone, until she meets Fatima, a... Read more
View audiobook![Samurai Kids #2: Owl Ninja by Sandy Fussell](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455801107_1120.jpg)
![Samurai Kids #2: Owl Ninja by Sandy Fussell](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455801107_1120.jpg)
Samurai Kids #2: Owl Ninja
By: Sandy Fussell
Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Across the valley, a drumbeat echoes. For ten days, the drum will call the mountain ryus to war, including the samurai kids from the Cockroach Ryu. Only Japan’s feudal emperor can stop the war, so Niya and Sensei Ki-Yaga set off on a grueling journey with all the Cockroaches, whose firm friendship and unusual skills must be put to the test in... Read more
View audiobook![Samurai Kids #1: White Crane by Sandy Fussell](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455801039_1120.jpg)
![Samurai Kids #1: White Crane by Sandy Fussell](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455801039_1120.jpg)
Samurai Kids #1: White Crane
By: Sandy Fussell
Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Length: 4 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Can a one-legged boy become a great samurai warrior? Meet some unique aspiring champions in this kick-off to an exciting new martial arts series.Niya Moto is the only one-legged samurai kid in Japan, famous for falling flat on his face in the dirt. The one school that will accept him is the Cockroach Ryu, led by the legendary sensei Ki-Yaga. He... Read more
View audiobook![Samurai Kids #3: Shaolin Tiger by Sandy Fussell](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455820665_1120.jpg)
![Samurai Kids #3: Shaolin Tiger by Sandy Fussell](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455820665_1120.jpg)
Samurai Kids #3: Shaolin Tiger
By: Sandy Fussell
Narrated by: Joshua Swanson
Length: 4 hours 37 minutes
Abridged: No
The White Tiger Temple is under threat. To help the Shaolin monks, Sensei Ki-Yaga and the whole gang of samurai kids embark on a perilous journey across the Sea of Japan to China. But they soon discover that getting there is only half the battle. An enemy awaits them: a former student of Sensei’s named Qing-Shen, China’s Warrior, who is now the... Read more
View audiobook![Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II by Ron Koertge](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455820603_1120.jpg)
![Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II by Ron Koertge](http://covers.libro.fm/9781455820603_1120.jpg)
Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II
By: Ron Koertge
Narrated by: Josh Hamilton
Length: 4 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Beautiful but troubled Colleen Minou is the only girl who ever looked at Ben Bancroft as more than just a spaz—more than that kid with cerebral palsy. But the more time Ben spends with Colleen, the more glaring their differences appear, which makes him wonder if what he feels for her is actual affection or if it’s just gratitude.And then there’s... Read more
View audiobook![Be Different by John Elder Robison](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307881328_1120.jpg)
![Be Different by John Elder Robison](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307881328_1120.jpg)
Be Different
By: John Elder Robison
Narrated by: John Elder Robison
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: No
“I believe those of us with Asperger’s are here for a reason, and we have much to offer. This book will help you bring out those gifts.”
In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison described growing up with Asperger’s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn’t exist. He was intelligent but socially isolated; his talents... Read more
![The Outside of a Horse by Ginny Rorby](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481571036_1120.jpg)
![The Outside of a Horse by Ginny Rorby](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481571036_1120.jpg)
The Outside of a Horse
By: Ginny Rorby
Narrated by: Emily Bauer
Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
“There’s nothing so good for the inside of a man as the outside of a horse.”—old English proverbThe stories Hannah Gale’s father told her of breaking wild horses in Nevada one glorious summer when he was her age have captured her imagination. After her dad is called to fight in Iraq, she regularly stops to watch the horses at the nearby stable... Read more
View audiobook![The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307747990_1120.jpg)
![The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307747990_1120.jpg)
The Running Dream
By: Wendelin Van Draanen
Narrated by: Laura Flanagan
Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story that’s perfect for anyone who’s ever thought that something was impossible. Readers will revel in the story of a girl who puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before—after she’s told she’ll never run again.
Jessica thinks her life is over when she... Read more
![Twin by Allen Shawn](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481571272_1120.jpg)
![Twin by Allen Shawn](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481571272_1120.jpg)
Twin
By: Allen Shawn
Narrated by: William Hughes
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A heartbreaking yet deeply hopeful memoir about life as a twin in the face of autismWhen Allen Shawn and his twin sister, Mary, were two years old, Mary began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed years later as autism. Understanding Mary and making her life a happy one appeared to be impossible for the Shawns. With almost no warning, her... Read more
View audiobook![Dancing with Max by Emily Colson](http://covers.libro.fm/9780310412496_1120.jpg)
![Dancing with Max by Emily Colson](http://covers.libro.fm/9780310412496_1120.jpg)
Dancing with Max
By: Emily Colson
Narrated by: Emily Colson
Length: 6 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
The true story of a single mother's love and perseverance, her son's autism diagnosis with its challenges and gifts, and their triumph together over life's toughest obstacles.Journey with Emily Colson--daughter of former White House Special Counsel Chuck Colson--as she takes you from her darkest days of pain to her adventure through life. With... Read more
View audiobook![Married to Distraction - Abridged by Edward Hallowell, Sue Hallowell & Melissa Orlov](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307713131_1120.jpg)
![Married to Distraction - Abridged by Edward Hallowell, Sue Hallowell & Melissa Orlov](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307713131_1120.jpg)
Married to Distraction - Abridged
By: Edward Hallowell, Sue Hallowell & Melissa Orlov
Narrated by: Edward Hallowell & Sue Hallowell
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Modern marriage is busy, distracted, and overloaded to extremes, with ever-increasing lists of things to do, superficial electronic connections, and interrupted moments. Now Edward M. Hallowell, the bestselling co-author of Driven to Distraction and Delivered from Distraction, teams up with his wife, Sue George Hallowell, a couples’ therapist,... Read more
View audiobook![A Good School by Richard Yates](http://covers.libro.fm/9781427209405_1120.jpg)
![A Good School by Richard Yates](http://covers.libro.fm/9781427209405_1120.jpg)
A Good School
By: Richard Yates
Narrated by: Kristoffer Tabori
Length: 5 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
Richard Yates, who died in 1992, is today ranked by many readers, scholars, and critics alongside such titans of modern American fiction as Updike, Roth, Irving, Vonnegut, and Mailer.
In this work, he offers a spare and autumnal novel about a New England prep school. At once a meditation on the twilight of youth and an examination of America's... Read more
![We've Got Issues by Judith Warner](http://covers.libro.fm/9781615730841_1120.jpg)
![We've Got Issues by Judith Warner](http://covers.libro.fm/9781615730841_1120.jpg)
We've Got Issues
By: Judith Warner
Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Are parents and physicians too quick to prescribe medication to control our children’s behavior? Are we using drugs to excuse inept parents who can’t raise their children properly?
Judith Warner sparked a national debate on how women and society view motherhood with her previous book Perfect Madness.We’ve Got Issues will generate the same kind of... Read more
![Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway](http://covers.libro.fm/9781442300668_1120.jpg)
![Cowboy & Wills by Monica Holloway](http://covers.libro.fm/9781442300668_1120.jpg)
Cowboy & Wills
By: Monica Holloway
Narrated by: Monica Holloway
Length: 8 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
Christened “charming” and “winning” by the Washington Post and “touching” by Publishers Weekly, celebrated author Monica Holloway’s deeply moving memoir shares the unforgettable story of an extraordinary little boy and the irresistible puppy who transformed his life.
The day Monica Holloway learns that her lovable, brilliant three-year-old son... Read more
![Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307707482_1120.jpg)
![Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin](http://covers.libro.fm/9780307707482_1120.jpg)
Thinking in Pictures
By: Temple Grandin
Narrated by: Deborah Marlowe
Length: 9 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us. In this unprecedented book, Grandin... Read more
View audiobook![Step Out on Nothing by Byron Pitts](http://covers.libro.fm/9781427209429_1120.jpg)
![Step Out on Nothing by Byron Pitts](http://covers.libro.fm/9781427209429_1120.jpg)
Step Out on Nothing
By: Byron Pitts
Narrated by: Byron Pitts
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room.” Good luck, Brotha! You’ve come a long way to get here. You’ve earned it.” …If only he knew. My mind flashed back to elementary school, when a therapist had informed my mother, “I’m... Read more
View audiobook![Step Out on Nothing - Abridged by Byron Pitts](http://covers.libro.fm/9781427208293_1120.jpg)
![Step Out on Nothing - Abridged by Byron Pitts](http://covers.libro.fm/9781427208293_1120.jpg)
Step Out on Nothing - Abridged
By: Byron Pitts
Narrated by: Byron Pitts
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room." Good luck, Brotha! You've come a long way to get here. You've earned it."
…If only he knew. My mind flashed back to elementary school, when a therapist had informed my mother, "I'm... Read more
![Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko](http://covers.libro.fm/9780739380055_1120.jpg)
![Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko](http://covers.libro.fm/9780739380055_1120.jpg)
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
By: Gennifer Choldenko
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
When I first moved here, I thought all the bad guys were on one side of the bars and all the good guys were on the other. But lately, I’ve begun to wonder . . .
Moose’s family moved to Alcatraz so his father could work as a guard and his sister could attend a special school in San Francisco. Living on an island with a few hundred no-name hit... Read more
![Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos](http://covers.libro.fm/9780739381144_1120.jpg)
![Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos](http://covers.libro.fm/9780739381144_1120.jpg)
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
By: Jack Gantos
Narrated by: Jack Gantos
Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Joey Pigza can't sit still. He can't pay attention, he can't follow the rules, and he can't help it–especially when his meds aren't working. Joey's had problems ever since he was born, problems just like his dad and grandma have. And whether he's wreaking havoc on a class trip or swallowing his house key, Joey's problems are getting worse. In... Read more
View audiobook![Healing and Preventing Autism by Jenny McCarthy & Jerry Kartzinel MD](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481584784_1120.jpg)
![Healing and Preventing Autism by Jenny McCarthy & Jerry Kartzinel MD](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481584784_1120.jpg)
Healing and Preventing Autism
By: Jenny McCarthy & Jerry Kartzinel MD
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 9 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Since 2006, autism has become the leading disorder affecting children in the United States. As children continue to be diagnosed at epidemic rates and parents struggle to find help, a school of DAN (Defeat Autism Now) pediatricians has been pioneering therapies and treatments that help reverse the effects of autism. DAN doctors have discovered... Read more
View audiobook![Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781423381327_1120.jpg)
![Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin](http://covers.libro.fm/9781423381327_1120.jpg)
Anything But Typical
By: Nora Raleigh Baskin
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it’s just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts stories to the same online site as he does. Jason can be himself when he writes, and he thinks that PhoenixBird – her name... Read more
View audiobook![Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork](http://covers.libro.fm/9780739379905_1120.jpg)
![Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork](http://covers.libro.fm/9780739379905_1120.jpg)
Marcelo in the Real World
By: Francisco Stork
Narrated by: Lincoln Hoppe
Length: 10 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear–part of an autism-like condition that no doctor has been able to identify. But his father has never fully believed in the music or Marcelo’s differences, and he challenges Marcelo to work in the mailroom of his law firm for the summer. . . to join “the real world.”
There Marcelo meets... Read more
![Things That Are by Andrew Clements](http://covers.libro.fm/9781440708886_1120.jpg)
![Things That Are by Andrew Clements](http://covers.libro.fm/9781440708886_1120.jpg)
Things That Are
By: Andrew Clements
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
Length: 4 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Popular children's author Andrew Clements scored a young adult hit with Things Hoped For. Things That Are continues the story of Bobby Phillips-the boy who woke up one day to find himself invisible-and his friend and confidante, a blind girl named Alicia. Bobby is returning from college visits in New York, and Alicia has decided to finally... Read more
View audiobook![Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481551670_1120.jpg)
![Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy](http://covers.libro.fm/9781481551670_1120.jpg)
Mother Warriors
By: Jenny McCarthy
Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
Length: 5 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children by the high-profile bestselling author ofLouder than WordsWhen Jenny McCarthy published the story of her successful efforts to save her son from autism, the response was tremendous, including a number-three rank on the New York Times bestseller list and an appearance on... Read more
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