Perspectives on Disability audiobooks

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joey Pigza Loses Control

By: Jack Gantos

Narrated by: Jack Gantos

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Everything seems to be coming together for Joey Pigza. His new meds are making his ADD more manageable, and he finally feel in control. But will he renewed relationship with his recovering-alcoholic father make him lose it all?

"Struggling to please everyone even as he sees himself hurtling toward disaster, Joey emerges as a sympathetic hero,... Read more

Harry's Pony

By: Barbara Ann Porte

Narrated by: Uncredited

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Home for a pony.When Harry wins a pony in a contest, he is very excited. But Harry's father says that a pony can't live at their house, and Harry will have to find another place for it to stay. How will Harry find a good home for his pony? Read more

The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

Narrated by: Roger Rees

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in the fourteenth century, the classic story of one boy's personal heroism when he loses the use of his legs. Read more

Feathers

By: Jacqueline Woodson

Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson

Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Frannie doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in school. She hasn’t thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more “holy.” There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a white kid, he says he’s not white.... Read more

Miss Spitfire

By: Sarah Miller

Narrated by: Terry Donnelly

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Miller's accomplished debut presents a fictionalized account of Anne Sullivan's life and her time as Helen Keller's teacher. Arriving at Ivy Green in 1887, Anne was a partially blind orphan who had been tasked with teaching the difficult blind, deaf, and mute girl to communicate. Anne quickly learned, along with Helen, that "words are a... Read more

Freak the Mighty

By: Rodman Philbrick

Narrated by: Elden Henson

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Meet Maxwell Kane, narrator of Freak the Mighty. He’s a timid soul stuck in the body of a teenage giant with size 14 shoes. Haunted by a dark secret in his past, he hides out in his basement room, avoiding the world. But when a new kid moves in next door Max’s life changes forever. The two outcasts form the ‘normal’ world team up to become... Read more

Look Me in the Eye

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 9 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother or his father. It was no wonder he... Read more

Look Me in the Eye - Abridged

By: John Elder Robison

Narrated by: John Elder Robison

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance came from his... Read more

Rules

By: Cynthia Lord

Narrated by: Jessica Almasy

Length: 4 hours

Abridged: No

This 2007 Newbery Honor Book is a humorous and heartwarming debut about feeling different and finding acceptance.

Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability.

She's spent years trying to teach David the rules—from "a peach is not... Read more

Crashing Through

By: Robert Kurson

Narrated by: Doug Ordunio

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Blinded at age three, Mike May defied expectations by breaking world records in downhill speed skiing, joining the CIA, and becoming a successful inventor, entrepreneur, and family man. He had never yearned for vision.

Then, in 1999, a chance encounter brought startling news: a revolutionary stem cell transplant surgery could restore May’s... Read more

Crashing Through - Abridged

By: Robert Kurson

Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive interview with Robert Kurson and Michael May

In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers, Robert Kurson explored the depths of history, friendship, and compulsion. Now Kurson returns with another thrilling adventure–the stunning true story of one man’s heroic odyssey from blindness into sight.

Mike May spent his... Read more

Accidents of Nature

By: Harriet McBryde Johnson

Narrated by: Jenna Lamia

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy and gets around in a wheelchair, but she’s always believed she’s just the same as everyone else. She goes to normal school and has normal friends. She’s never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp Courage. But there Jean meets Sara, who welcomes her to “Crip Camp” and nicknames... Read more

Back in Action

By: David Rozelle

Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor

Length: 6 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

They put a price on his head. They did everything they could to disrupt his mission. Finally, when an antitank mine tore off his right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most resourceful, determined foes. They were wrong.Refusing to let his injury stop him, Captain David Rozelle roared back into action,... Read more

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup - Abridged

By: Sharon Creech

Narrated by: Donna Murphy

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“A heartfelt novel celebrating friendship and family ties.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, don’t always get along, that’s true. But Granny Torrelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories and family recipes. She understands from experience that life's... Read more

Hank Zipzer #4: The Zippity Zinger

By: Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver

Narrated by: Henry Winkler

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Hank LOVES baseball. L-O-V-E-S it! Unfortunately, though, he's not very good at the game. So everyone is surprised--including Hank himself--when Hank throws a zinger pitch at a practice for P.S. 87's annual School Olympiad baseball game. Hank knows how he pitched the "Zippity Zinger"--it must have happened because he accidentally wore his... Read more

Hank Zipzer #1: Niagara Falls, Or Does It?

By: Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver

Narrated by: Henry Winkler

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the true life experiences of Henry Winkler, whose undiagnosed dyslexia made him a classic childhood underachiever, the Hank Zipzer series is about the high-spirited and funny adventures of a boy with learning differences. 

It's science project time in Ms. Adolf's class. This is good news and bad news for Hank-he loves science, but he... Read more

Sahara Special

By: Esme Raji Codell

Narrated by: Phylicia Rashad

Length: 3 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

There are two files on Sahara Jones. The one the school counselor keeps is evidence that she's a fifth grader who needs special education. The other is the book Sahara is secretly writing, her Heart-Wrenching Life Story and Amazing Adventures.

The latest chapter in her book unfolds when her mother insists that she be taken out of special ed. So... Read more

The Silent Boy

By: Lois Lowry

Narrated by: Karen Allen

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Precocious Katy Thatcher comes to realize what a gentle, silent boy did for his family. He meant to help, not harm. It didn’t turn out that way.

“The author balances humor and generosity with the obstacles and injustice of Katy’s world to depict a complete picture of the turn of the 20th century.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Read more