Perspectives on Disability audiobooks
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
The Story of My Father
By: Sue Miller
Narrated by: Sue Miller
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
In the fall of 1988, Sue Miller found herself caring for her father as he slipped into the grasp of Alzheimer's disease. She was, she claims, perhaps the least constitutionally suited of all her siblings to be in the role in which she suddenly found herself, and in The Story of My Father she grapples with the haunting memories of those final... Read more
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Stoner & Spaz
By: Ronald Koertge
Narrated by: Josh Hamilton
Length: 2 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft – a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an overprotective grandmother – the closest thing to happiness is hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto Theatre and watching Bride of Frankenstein for the umpteenth time. The last person he wants to run into is drugged-up Colleen Minou, resplendent in ripped... Read more
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Crazy Lady
By: Jane Leslie Conly
Narrated by: Ed Begley, Jr.
Length: 3 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Increasingly alienated from his widowed father, Vernon joins his friends in ridiculing the neighborhood outcasts: Maxine, an alcoholic prone to outrageous behavior, and Ronald, her retarded son. But when a social service agency tries to put Ronald into a special home, Vernon fights against the move.
1994 Newbery Honor Book
Notable Children's Books... Read more
In The Meantime - Abridged
By: Iyanla Vanzant
Narrated by: Iyanla Vanzant
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
“The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey
The #1 national bestseller from the host of the show Iyanla: Fix My Life on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) that answers the question: What’s love got to do with it in the meantime?
You know where you want to be, but you have no clue how to get there. You know... Read more
The Secret Garden
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Narrated by: Vanessa Maroney
Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by... Read more
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