On October 9, 2009 the Tampa Tribune had a News In Education pull out piece that I and a few others wrote to help teachers and families on all sorts of disability questions. Here is the website to this piece. Check It Out! It is really a useful 16 pages of great information.
http://tampatribune.fl.newsmemory.com/special.php?date=20091005
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Bibliography on Disabilties
Bibliography on Disabilities
Ages 0 - 24 Months
Baa Baa Black Sheep – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
An illustrated version of the classic children’s rhyme “Baa Baa, Black Sheep,” with hand motions to help children develop a basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
Happy Birthday!: A Beginners Book of Signs – Angela Bednarczyk
Star Bright Books, 1997
An illustrated version of Happy Birthday with basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
I Can, Can You? - Marjorie W. Pitzer
Woodbine House, c2004
Demonstrates babies and toddlers with Down syndrome as they discover their world and enjoy new experiences.
I’m Feeling – Lora Heller
Simple instructions and colorful photographs of children signing introduces sign language to the very young.
Itsy Bitsy Spider – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
This teaches children basic sign language while singing familiar nursery rhymes.
Let’s Eat – Tina Jo Breindel
Presents commonly used signs relating to food for parents and babies.
More Baby Signs – Kim Votry
Teaches American Sign Language to very young children.
My First Signs – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
Contains over forty key words based on American Sign Language.
My Up & Down & All Around Book – Marjorie W. Pitzer
Woodbine House, c2008
Introduce your child to many of the most commonly used prepositions in this delightful board book featuring children with Down syndrome playing and having fun.
Numbers – Michel Blake
Candlewick Press, c2005
Introduces words related to numbers. The pages in this board book are varied in size which makes it easy to open for the young or physically impaired.
Opposities: A Beginner’s Book of Signs – Angela Bednarczyk
Star Bright Books, c1997
This book includes hand signs to show the concept of opposites with easy to follow illustrations.
Pick me Up! Fun Songs for Learning Signs – Joseph Garcia
An extraordinary Music CD and Activity Guide, uses the power of music to introduce American Sign Language vocabulary to hearing children.
Teaching Your Baby Sign – Lora Heller
Sterling Publisher, c2004
Using sign language, babies can communicate with you even before they learn to talk. This board book illustrates 22 signs.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
Presents an illustrated version of a children’s song, accompanied by diagrams that teach basic sign language.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
Classic children’s rhyme with hand motions to help children develop a basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
Word Signs: A First Book of Sign Language – Debby Slier
Gallaudet University Press, c1995
Provides words, illustrations, and sign language for common objects.
For Ages 2-9
A Picture Book of Louis Braille – David A. Adler
Holiday House, c1997
Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidently blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.
A Very Special Friend – Dorothy Hoffman Levi
Gallaudet University Press, Kendall Green, 1989
Fannie, a lonely girl, discovers a new friend when a deaf girl moves in next door.
A.D.D. Not B.A.D. – Audrey Penn
Child and Family Press, 2003
An insightful and entertaining book that teaches young children what it is like to have Attention Deficit Disorder.
All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! – Ellen B. Senisi
Woodbine House, 2002
This is an entertaining story about seven year old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. Zaki is a disabled iguana in the story.
Colin Gets a Chance - Brian A. Beale
Authorhouse, c2008
Colin has Down syndrome. This book is based on the premise that children with Down syndrome and other special needs have so much to offer society if just given a chance.
Do-Si-Do with Autism – Sarah Stup
Sarahstup.com, c 2008
This book uses a common experience to help children better understand people with autism and encourages them to value and welcome all of their classmates. Parents and teachers will also find this book enlightening.
Don’t Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability – Pat Thomas
Barron’s Educational Series, c2002
This delightful picture book explores questions and concerns about disabilities in a simple and reassuring way. Younger children can find out what a disability is and learn how people deal with their disabilities to live happy and full lives.
Helen Keller – David A. Adler
Holiday House, c2003
A brief biography highlights some of the struggles and accomplishments in the life of Helen Keller.
Lee: the Rabbit with Epilepsy – Deborah M. Moss
Woodbine House, c1989
Lee is diagnosed as having epilepsy, but medicine to control her seizures reduces her worries. She learns she can still lead a normal life.
Leo the Late Bloomer – Robert Kraus
Harper Collins, c1971
Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.
Looking After Louis – Lesley Ely
Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, c2004
This gentle story is about the inclusion of Louis, who has autistic spectrum disorder, into a regular primary classroom. This story is told by a girl (Emma) who is in his classroom.
The story explores the children’s acceptance and understanding of Louis.
My Pal, Victor/ Mi Amigo, Victor – Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Raven Tree Press, 2004
Dominic relates all the wonderful things he does with his best friend Victor: telling scary stories at sleepovers, swimming at the pool, and riding rollercoaster’s. The surprise ending is learning that Victor uses a wheelchair. (It has bilingual text in English & Spanish.)
One-handed Catch – Mary Jane Auch
H. Holt & Co., c2006
After losing his hand in an accident in his father’s butcher shop in 1946, sixth grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.
Read About Helen Keller – Stephen Feinstein
Enslow Publications, c2004
This is a simple introduction to the life of Helen Keller and her great accomplishments despite her disability.
Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor – David A. Adler
Holiday House, c1996
An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the photograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.
For Ages 6-9
Al Capone Does My Shirts – Gennifer Choldenko
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2004
A twelve year old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 where the guards’ families lived. He has to contend with his extraordinary new environment, in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee – Mary Thompson
Woodbine House, c1996
Sarah, who is new to the school, is fascinated by Andy who looks like everyone else. He spends most of recess spinning his yellow Frisbee. Sarah tries to befriend Andy.
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure – Kathy Hoopmann
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2001
Ben finds an unusual old bottle buried in the school yard. In a roundabout way it helps both Ben and his family find out what is causing some of the persistent problems he has at home and at school.
Dash! Crash! Splash! – Brock Turner
Picture Window Books, c2006
Daniel adjusts to life in a wheelchair after breaking his back in a bicycle accident, then finds something to look forward to when he learns that he can still swim and is invited to join a team for the annual long distance harbor swim.
In the Clear – Anne Laurel Carter
Orea Books, c2001
Set in Canada in the late 1950’s, this novel follows 12 year old Pauline as she struggles to adapt to her life after surviving polio, which has left her with emotional scars and a shrunken leg. Flashbacks reveal Pauline’s hospital ordeal, months spent in the iron lung, her selective muteness, painful physical therapy and the cruel nurses at the rehabilitation hospital.
Looking Out for Sarah – Glenna Lang
Talewinds, c2001
This story describes a day in the life of a Seeing Eye dog, from going with his owner to the grocery store and post office, to visiting a class of school children, and playing ball. It also describes their three-hundred mile walk from Boston to New York.
Moses Goes To a Concert - Isaac Millman
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1998
Moses and his school friends, who are all deaf, are on a school field trip to a concert. They attend a concert where the orchestra’s percussionist is also deaf. The book includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet. Also look for other books by this author.
My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language – Emily Arnold McCully
Discusses how Thomas Gallaudet, inspired by a young deaf woman, Alice Cogswell, went abroad to develop a sign language that was to become the American Sign language and went onto establish the first American school dedicated exclusively to teaching deaf children.
Private and Confidential – Marion Ripley
Francis Lincoln, c2003
Laura becomes pen friends with Malcolm from Australia . They exchange a couple of letters and then there’s a big gap-until Laura receives a letter from Malcolm’s sister explaining that Malcolm has had to have an eye operation and will never have full sight. Laura visits a friend’s aunt to borrow her brailler and Malcolm writes back in Braille.
Sosu’s Call – Meshack Asare
Kane/Miller, c2002
When a great storm threatens, Sosu, an African boy who is unable to walk, joins his dog, Fusa, in helping save their village.
Ages: 10-18
Accidents of Nature – Harriet McBryde Johnson
Holt, c2006
Having always prided herself on blending in with “normal” people, despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen year old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities. This book won a Junior Library Guild Award.
Are You Alone on Purpose? – Nancy Werlin
Speak, c2007
When two lonely teenagers, one the son of a widower rabbi and the other, a sister of an autistic twin, are drawn together by a tragic accident, they discover they have more in common than they guessed.
Athletes with Disabilities – Deborah Kent
Franklin Watts, c2003
Explores the people and events involved in sports competitions for people with disabilities and discusses people with disabilities who play professional sports.
Birdwing – Rafe Martin
Arthur A. Levine Books, c2005
Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, is the youngest of six brothers turned into swans by their stepmother. Birdwing is unable to complete the transformation into human form.
Breath – Donna Jo Napoli
Athenium, c2003
Salz, who has cystic fibrosis, is viewed as the cause of the trouble for the town of Hamelyn . Eventually, Salz suggests the town hires a piper, whose music charmed the animals in the woods the summer before.
Cruise Control – Terry Trueman
Harper Tempest, c2005
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
Hurt Go Happy – Ginny Rorby
Starscape, c2006
Thirteen year old Joey Willis, deaf since age six, is used to being left out of conversations because her mother never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. As Joey’s world blooms with possibilities, everything changes again.
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller – Sarah Miller
Athenaeum Books for Young readers, c2007
At age twenty-one and partially blind, lonely, but spirited, Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six year old Helen Keller. The book includes historical notes and timeline.
My TIKI Girl – Jennifer McMahon
Dutton Children’s Books, c2008
Fifteen year old Maggie, grieving the loss of her mother in an accident, connects with a new student at school, Dahlia, who makes her part of her family.
Of Sound Mind – Jean Ferris
Farrar Straus Giroux, c2004
Tired of interpreting for his deaf family and resentful of their reliance on him, high school senior, Theo, finds support and understanding from Ivy, a new student who also has a deaf parent.
Prince Across the Water –Jane Yolen & Robert J. Harris
Speak, 2006, c2004
Eager and ready to do his duty as a soldier for Scotland, young Duncan MacDonald sets out to join Prince Charles in his battle at Culloden. When he and his cousin get wrapped up in the fight, they discover the harsh realities of war.
Read My Lips – Teri Brown
Simon Pulse, c2008
Serena worries that she will not fit in at her new school. When the popular crowd finds out that she is deaf and has a knack for lip reading, they welcome her, and the gossip that she supplies, with open arms.
Rooster – Don Trembath
Orca Book Publishers, c2005
Rooster Cobb, a high school senior has a bad attitude toward school until the principal and a guidance counselor offer him a deal. If he supervises a group of mentally handicapped bowlers, he will graduate instead of being kicked out.
See Ya, Simon – David Hill
Mallinson Rendel/Puffin, 1992
Simon and Nathan are great friends with similar interests-computers, girls, collecting tabloid headlines. There is one distinct difference, Simon has muscular dystrophy and is likely to die in the next few years.
The Silent Boy – Lois Lowry
Dell Laurel-Leaf, c2003
Katy, the precocious ten year old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a retarded boy.
Small Steps – Louis Sachar
Delacorte Press, c2006
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track. When his old pal, X-Ray, shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along. This book won a Junior Library Guild Award.
Stevie Wonder – Tenley Williams
Chelsea House, c2002
This is a biography of a blind composer, pianist, and singer whose musical ability apparent since childhood, has earned him many awards.
Stoner and Spaz – Ron Koertge
Candlewick Press, 2004
A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.
Stuck in Neutral – Terry Trueman
Harper Collins, c2002
Enter the fascinating and brilliant mental world of 14 year old Shawn, who has severe cerebral palsy. Shawn, who is utterly dependent on others, is not able to control the slightest physical movement. His mind is constantly buzzing with thoughts and observations, but on the outside he is drooling, jerking, incompetent and unable to make that spark of connection his father needs to see.
Tangerine – Edward Bloor
Harcourt Brace, c1997
Twelve year old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Things Not Seen – Andrew Clements
Philomel Books, c2002
When fifteen year old Bobby wakes up and finds that he is invisible, he, his parents and his new blind friend, Alicia, try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
Truesight – David Stahler, Jr.
Eos, 2005, c2004
In a distant frontier world, thirteen year old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and “Seers” as aberrations.
Wild Roses – Deb Caletti
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005
In Washington State, seventeen year old Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of both love and genius while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather.
The Winter War – William Durbin
Wendy Lamb Books, c2008
When Russian troops invade Finland during the winter of 1939-40, Murko, a young polio victim determined to help his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy.
For Ages 18 and Up
101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow-Walkers – Candy B. Harrington
Demos Medical Publication, c2003
This guidebook is dedicated exclusively to wheelchair-accessible destinations, lodgings, recreational opportunities and tourist attractions. This book showcases a world of choices from beaches to safaris, museums to mountaintops.
Accessible Golf: Making It a Game Fore All – Ladies Professional Golf Association, Martin Block, Editor & Dan Drane, Editor
Human Kinetics Publishers, c2005
This book contains details for making golf accessible with the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act, taking into account the specific needs of your community and its individual members.
ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Disease and Disabilities – J. Larry Durstine, [et al.]
Human Kinetics Publishers; 2nd Edition, c2002
This book is a clear and concise guidance for developing exercise programs for individuals with special health considerations.
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant: A Memoir – Daniel Tammet
Free Press, c2007
Starting from early childhood, Daniel Tammet, the author, was incapable of making friends and prone to tantrums. As a young adult, he learned how to control himself and to live independently. He fell in love, experienced a religious conversion to Christianity, and most recently, emerged as a celebrity.
Chronic Nights: A Thriller – Frank Caceres
Universe, c2006
This thriller begins with a man in a wheelchair crossing a speedy van’s path. When the driver wakes up in the hospital, he learns that his wife and daughter are dead and embarks on a course of vengeance.
The Complete Directory for People with Disabilities
Grey House Publications, c2009Ages 0 - 24 Months
Baa Baa Black Sheep – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
An illustrated version of the classic children’s rhyme “Baa Baa, Black Sheep,” with hand motions to help children develop a basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
Happy Birthday!: A Beginners Book of Signs – Angela Bednarczyk
Star Bright Books, 1997
An illustrated version of Happy Birthday with basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
I Can, Can You? - Marjorie W. Pitzer
Woodbine House, c2004
Demonstrates babies and toddlers with Down syndrome as they discover their world and enjoy new experiences.
I’m Feeling – Lora Heller
Simple instructions and colorful photographs of children signing introduces sign language to the very young.
Itsy Bitsy Spider – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
This teaches children basic sign language while singing familiar nursery rhymes.
Let’s Eat – Tina Jo Breindel
Presents commonly used signs relating to food for parents and babies.
More Baby Signs – Kim Votry
Teaches American Sign Language to very young children.
My First Signs – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
Contains over forty key words based on American Sign Language.
My Up & Down & All Around Book – Marjorie W. Pitzer
Woodbine House, c2008
Introduce your child to many of the most commonly used prepositions in this delightful board book featuring children with Down syndrome playing and having fun.
Numbers – Michel Blake
Candlewick Press, c2005
Introduces words related to numbers. The pages in this board book are varied in size which makes it easy to open for the young or physically impaired.
Opposities: A Beginner’s Book of Signs – Angela Bednarczyk
Star Bright Books, c1997
This book includes hand signs to show the concept of opposites with easy to follow illustrations.
Pick me Up! Fun Songs for Learning Signs – Joseph Garcia
An extraordinary Music CD and Activity Guide, uses the power of music to introduce American Sign Language vocabulary to hearing children.
Teaching Your Baby Sign – Lora Heller
Sterling Publisher, c2004
Using sign language, babies can communicate with you even before they learn to talk. This board book illustrates 22 signs.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
Presents an illustrated version of a children’s song, accompanied by diagrams that teach basic sign language.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star – Annie Kubler
Child’s Play, c2004
Classic children’s rhyme with hand motions to help children develop a basic vocabulary in American Sign Language.
Word Signs: A First Book of Sign Language – Debby Slier
Gallaudet University Press, c1995
Provides words, illustrations, and sign language for common objects.
For Ages 2-9
A Picture Book of Louis Braille – David A. Adler
Holiday House, c1997
Presents the life of the nineteenth-century Frenchman, accidently blinded as a child, who originated the raised dot system of reading and writing used throughout the world by the blind.
A Very Special Friend – Dorothy Hoffman Levi
Gallaudet University Press, Kendall Green, 1989
Fannie, a lonely girl, discovers a new friend when a deaf girl moves in next door.
A.D.D. Not B.A.D. – Audrey Penn
Child and Family Press, 2003
An insightful and entertaining book that teaches young children what it is like to have Attention Deficit Disorder.
All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! – Ellen B. Senisi
Woodbine House, 2002
This is an entertaining story about seven year old Moses, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair. Zaki is a disabled iguana in the story.
Colin Gets a Chance - Brian A. Beale
Authorhouse, c2008
Colin has Down syndrome. This book is based on the premise that children with Down syndrome and other special needs have so much to offer society if just given a chance.
Do-Si-Do with Autism – Sarah Stup
Sarahstup.com, c 2008
This book uses a common experience to help children better understand people with autism and encourages them to value and welcome all of their classmates. Parents and teachers will also find this book enlightening.
Don’t Call Me Special: A First Look at Disability – Pat Thomas
Barron’s Educational Series, c2002
This delightful picture book explores questions and concerns about disabilities in a simple and reassuring way. Younger children can find out what a disability is and learn how people deal with their disabilities to live happy and full lives.
Helen Keller – David A. Adler
Holiday House, c2003
A brief biography highlights some of the struggles and accomplishments in the life of Helen Keller.
Lee: the Rabbit with Epilepsy – Deborah M. Moss
Woodbine House, c1989
Lee is diagnosed as having epilepsy, but medicine to control her seizures reduces her worries. She learns she can still lead a normal life.
Leo the Late Bloomer – Robert Kraus
Harper Collins, c1971
Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.
Looking After Louis – Lesley Ely
Francis Lincoln Children’s Books, c2004
This gentle story is about the inclusion of Louis, who has autistic spectrum disorder, into a regular primary classroom. This story is told by a girl (Emma) who is in his classroom.
The story explores the children’s acceptance and understanding of Louis.
My Pal, Victor/ Mi Amigo, Victor – Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Raven Tree Press, 2004
Dominic relates all the wonderful things he does with his best friend Victor: telling scary stories at sleepovers, swimming at the pool, and riding rollercoaster’s. The surprise ending is learning that Victor uses a wheelchair. (It has bilingual text in English & Spanish.)
One-handed Catch – Mary Jane Auch
H. Holt & Co., c2006
After losing his hand in an accident in his father’s butcher shop in 1946, sixth grader Norman uses hard work and humor to learn to live with his disability and to succeed at baseball, art, and other activities.
Read About Helen Keller – Stephen Feinstein
Enslow Publications, c2004
This is a simple introduction to the life of Helen Keller and her great accomplishments despite her disability.
Thomas Alva Edison: Great Inventor – David A. Adler
Holiday House, c1996
An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the photograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.
For Ages 6-9
Al Capone Does My Shirts – Gennifer Choldenko
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2004
A twelve year old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 where the guards’ families lived. He has to contend with his extraordinary new environment, in addition to life with his autistic sister.
Andy and His Yellow Frisbee – Mary Thompson
Woodbine House, c1996
Sarah, who is new to the school, is fascinated by Andy who looks like everyone else. He spends most of recess spinning his yellow Frisbee. Sarah tries to befriend Andy.
Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure – Kathy Hoopmann
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, c2001
Ben finds an unusual old bottle buried in the school yard. In a roundabout way it helps both Ben and his family find out what is causing some of the persistent problems he has at home and at school.
Dash! Crash! Splash! – Brock Turner
Picture Window Books, c2006
Daniel adjusts to life in a wheelchair after breaking his back in a bicycle accident, then finds something to look forward to when he learns that he can still swim and is invited to join a team for the annual long distance harbor swim.
In the Clear – Anne Laurel Carter
Orea Books, c2001
Set in Canada in the late 1950’s, this novel follows 12 year old Pauline as she struggles to adapt to her life after surviving polio, which has left her with emotional scars and a shrunken leg. Flashbacks reveal Pauline’s hospital ordeal, months spent in the iron lung, her selective muteness, painful physical therapy and the cruel nurses at the rehabilitation hospital.
Looking Out for Sarah – Glenna Lang
Talewinds, c2001
This story describes a day in the life of a Seeing Eye dog, from going with his owner to the grocery store and post office, to visiting a class of school children, and playing ball. It also describes their three-hundred mile walk from Boston to New York.
Moses Goes To a Concert - Isaac Millman
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1998
Moses and his school friends, who are all deaf, are on a school field trip to a concert. They attend a concert where the orchestra’s percussionist is also deaf. The book includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet. Also look for other books by this author.
My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language – Emily Arnold McCully
Discusses how Thomas Gallaudet, inspired by a young deaf woman, Alice Cogswell, went abroad to develop a sign language that was to become the American Sign language and went onto establish the first American school dedicated exclusively to teaching deaf children.
Private and Confidential – Marion Ripley
Francis Lincoln, c2003
Laura becomes pen friends with Malcolm from Australia . They exchange a couple of letters and then there’s a big gap-until Laura receives a letter from Malcolm’s sister explaining that Malcolm has had to have an eye operation and will never have full sight. Laura visits a friend’s aunt to borrow her brailler and Malcolm writes back in Braille.
Sosu’s Call – Meshack Asare
Kane/Miller, c2002
When a great storm threatens, Sosu, an African boy who is unable to walk, joins his dog, Fusa, in helping save their village.
Ages: 10-18
Accidents of Nature – Harriet McBryde Johnson
Holt, c2006
Having always prided herself on blending in with “normal” people, despite her cerebral palsy, seventeen year old Jean begins to question her role in the world while attending a summer camp for children with disabilities. This book won a Junior Library Guild Award.
Are You Alone on Purpose? – Nancy Werlin
Speak, c2007
When two lonely teenagers, one the son of a widower rabbi and the other, a sister of an autistic twin, are drawn together by a tragic accident, they discover they have more in common than they guessed.
Athletes with Disabilities – Deborah Kent
Franklin Watts, c2003
Explores the people and events involved in sports competitions for people with disabilities and discusses people with disabilities who play professional sports.
Birdwing – Rafe Martin
Arthur A. Levine Books, c2005
Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, is the youngest of six brothers turned into swans by their stepmother. Birdwing is unable to complete the transformation into human form.
Breath – Donna Jo Napoli
Athenium, c2003
Salz, who has cystic fibrosis, is viewed as the cause of the trouble for the town of Hamelyn . Eventually, Salz suggests the town hires a piper, whose music charmed the animals in the woods the summer before.
Cruise Control – Terry Trueman
Harper Tempest, c2005
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
Hurt Go Happy – Ginny Rorby
Starscape, c2006
Thirteen year old Joey Willis, deaf since age six, is used to being left out of conversations because her mother never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. As Joey’s world blooms with possibilities, everything changes again.
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller – Sarah Miller
Athenaeum Books for Young readers, c2007
At age twenty-one and partially blind, lonely, but spirited, Annie Sullivan travels from Massachusetts to Alabama to try and teach six year old Helen Keller. The book includes historical notes and timeline.
My TIKI Girl – Jennifer McMahon
Dutton Children’s Books, c2008
Fifteen year old Maggie, grieving the loss of her mother in an accident, connects with a new student at school, Dahlia, who makes her part of her family.
Of Sound Mind – Jean Ferris
Farrar Straus Giroux, c2004
Tired of interpreting for his deaf family and resentful of their reliance on him, high school senior, Theo, finds support and understanding from Ivy, a new student who also has a deaf parent.
Prince Across the Water –Jane Yolen & Robert J. Harris
Speak, 2006, c2004
Eager and ready to do his duty as a soldier for Scotland, young Duncan MacDonald sets out to join Prince Charles in his battle at Culloden. When he and his cousin get wrapped up in the fight, they discover the harsh realities of war.
Read My Lips – Teri Brown
Simon Pulse, c2008
Serena worries that she will not fit in at her new school. When the popular crowd finds out that she is deaf and has a knack for lip reading, they welcome her, and the gossip that she supplies, with open arms.
Rooster – Don Trembath
Orca Book Publishers, c2005
Rooster Cobb, a high school senior has a bad attitude toward school until the principal and a guidance counselor offer him a deal. If he supervises a group of mentally handicapped bowlers, he will graduate instead of being kicked out.
See Ya, Simon – David Hill
Mallinson Rendel/Puffin, 1992
Simon and Nathan are great friends with similar interests-computers, girls, collecting tabloid headlines. There is one distinct difference, Simon has muscular dystrophy and is likely to die in the next few years.
The Silent Boy – Lois Lowry
Dell Laurel-Leaf, c2003
Katy, the precocious ten year old daughter of the town doctor, befriends a retarded boy.
Small Steps – Louis Sachar
Delacorte Press, c2006
Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track. When his old pal, X-Ray, shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along. This book won a Junior Library Guild Award.
Stevie Wonder – Tenley Williams
Chelsea House, c2002
This is a biography of a blind composer, pianist, and singer whose musical ability apparent since childhood, has earned him many awards.
Stoner and Spaz – Ron Koertge
Candlewick Press, 2004
A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.
Stuck in Neutral – Terry Trueman
Harper Collins, c2002
Enter the fascinating and brilliant mental world of 14 year old Shawn, who has severe cerebral palsy. Shawn, who is utterly dependent on others, is not able to control the slightest physical movement. His mind is constantly buzzing with thoughts and observations, but on the outside he is drooling, jerking, incompetent and unable to make that spark of connection his father needs to see.
Tangerine – Edward Bloor
Harcourt Brace, c1997
Twelve year old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.
Things Not Seen – Andrew Clements
Philomel Books, c2002
When fifteen year old Bobby wakes up and finds that he is invisible, he, his parents and his new blind friend, Alicia, try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
Truesight – David Stahler, Jr.
Eos, 2005, c2004
In a distant frontier world, thirteen year old Jacob is uncertain of his future in a community that considers blindness a virtue and “Seers” as aberrations.
Wild Roses – Deb Caletti
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005
In Washington State, seventeen year old Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of both love and genius while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather.
The Winter War – William Durbin
Wendy Lamb Books, c2008
When Russian troops invade Finland during the winter of 1939-40, Murko, a young polio victim determined to help his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy.
For Ages 18 and Up
101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow-Walkers – Candy B. Harrington
Demos Medical Publication, c2003
This guidebook is dedicated exclusively to wheelchair-accessible destinations, lodgings, recreational opportunities and tourist attractions. This book showcases a world of choices from beaches to safaris, museums to mountaintops.
Accessible Golf: Making It a Game Fore All – Ladies Professional Golf Association, Martin Block, Editor & Dan Drane, Editor
Human Kinetics Publishers, c2005
This book contains details for making golf accessible with the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act, taking into account the specific needs of your community and its individual members.
ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Disease and Disabilities – J. Larry Durstine, [et al.]
Human Kinetics Publishers; 2nd Edition, c2002
This book is a clear and concise guidance for developing exercise programs for individuals with special health considerations.
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant: A Memoir – Daniel Tammet
Free Press, c2007
Starting from early childhood, Daniel Tammet, the author, was incapable of making friends and prone to tantrums. As a young adult, he learned how to control himself and to live independently. He fell in love, experienced a religious conversion to Christianity, and most recently, emerged as a celebrity.
Chronic Nights: A Thriller – Frank Caceres
Universe, c2006
This thriller begins with a man in a wheelchair crossing a speedy van’s path. When the driver wakes up in the hospital, he learns that his wife and daughter are dead and embarks on a course of vengeance.
The Complete Directory for People with Disabilities
A one stop sourcebook for individuals and professionals.
The Complete Learning Disabilities Directory
Grey House Publications, c2008
A one stop resource for individuals and professionals on learning disabilities.
Deaf Sentence – David Lodge
Viking Adult, c2008
The author gives a detailed picture of what it’s like to go deaf in middle age and all the limitations deafness brings. The deep description of a deaf man’s life feels familiar when he faces the same issues everyone does as they age and terribly sad when his hearing loss isolates him from people he cares about.
Disability Awareness: A Selected Bibliography – Carol Strauss, Compiler
National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, c2003 http://purl.access.gpo/GPO/LPS54150
The bibliography includes books, chapters in books, and periodical articles of general interest, most of which have been published since 1997.
Extraordinary People with Disabilities – Deborah Kent, Kathryn A. Quinlen
Children’s Press, c1996
This book profiles many famous people throughout history that have various physical or mental disabilities. Additional articles provide historical background on the disability rights movement.
Fields of Gold – Marie Bostwick
Thorndike Press/Thomson Gale, 2008, c2005
Eva Glennon, who was born with a physical defect, is content growing up in Oklahoma on a dusty little farm. With good parents and a steadfast friend, She pours her imagination into quilts. Things change when a pilot makes an impossible gentle landing in her father’s wheat field.
Hubert’s Freaks: The Rare Book Dealer, the Times Square Talker, and the Lost Photos of Diane Arbus – Gregory Gibson
Harcourt, c2008
Hubert’s Museum was a freak show that existed since the 1930’s in New York’s Time Square. Hubert’s closed in 1965 and, from then on, existed primarily in the documents and photographs that were put into storage. In 2003, collector Bob Langmuir unearths some of Hubert’s pieces and soon realized that he is sitting on a batch of unknown Arbus prints. His journey to get them authenticated by Arbus’ estate takes the reader into the backroom dealings of collector, art galleries and museums.
In the Mind’s Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People with Dyslexia and Other Learning Difficulties, Computer Images, and the Ironies of Creativity – Thomas G. West
Prometheus Books, c1997
This book exposes myths about conventional intelligence by examining the role of visual-spatial strengths and verbal weaknesses in the lives of 11 gifted individuals, including Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison. It examines research in neuroscience that shows a link between visual talents and verbal difficulties, and discusses developments in computer technology that herald a shift toward the increased use of visual approaches in business and science.
Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs – Edited By: Suzanne Kamata
Beacon Press, c2008
This is the first collection of literary writing on raising a child with special needs. The writers share honest portraits of caring for their children laying bare the moments of rage, disappointment, and guilt that can color their relationships.
Nameless Night – Gerald M. Ford
Morrow, c2008
Paul Hardy awakens in the hospital after a bad accident only to discover that he is no longer the man who has been living for the last seven years in a group home for disabled adults. It’s not only the physical changes like extensive plastic surgery but, certain memories also come alive. It seems that his former self holds the secrets to national conspiracy-secrets worth killing for.
The New Disability History: American Perspectives – Paul Longmore and Laurie Umansky
University Press, c2001
This book opens up disability’s hidden history. The essays show us that disability has a place in various parts of our history. While there is an enormous diversity, the collection of essays reminds us of how comparable social perils recur across various disability groups and throughout their particular histories.
No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement – Joseph P. Shapiro
Times, Books, c1993
This book has won numerous awards, and is the first popular history of the disability rights movement.
People with Disabilities: Empowerment and Community Action – Christopher B. Keys, Peter W. Dowrick, Editors
Haworth Press, c2001
Promotes scientific research and social justice for people with disabilities.
Reading Between the Lips: A Totally Deaf Man Makes it in the Mainstream – Lew
Golan
Bonus Books, 1995
In a candid celebration of advantages of communicating orally by speaking and lip-reading, Lew Golan shows that total deafness itself is not an impenetrable barrier to making it in the hearing world.
The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal – Jonathan Mooney
Holt, 2007
Labeled dyslexic and profoundly learning disabled with attention and behavior problems, Jonathan Mooney was a short bus rider – a derogatory term used for kids in special education and a distinction that told the world he wasn’t “normal.” Ultimately, Mooney surprised skeptics by graduating with honors from Brown University. To free himself and learn how others moved beyond labels, he hit the road in a small bus, looking for kids who had dreamed up magical, beautiful ways to overcome the obstacles that separated them from the so-called normal world.
Sitting Practice: A Novel – Caroline Adderson
Trumpeter, c2008
This story starts after newlyweds Ross and Iliana are in a car accident and Iliana is paralyzed. Ross is grief stricken, and both of them are struggling to come to terms with a married life nothing like they originally had in mind. As the usually affable Ross struggles with guilt and with finding ways to cope with his newly fractured life, Iliana gets used to her unwelcomed existence as a wheelchair-bound wife, to her husband’s growing sense of alienation, and to their awkward new lack of intimacy.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel –David Wroblewski
Ecco, c2008
A tale reminiscent of “Hamlet”, that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs, follows a young mute boy named Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father’s death.
Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope – Richard M. Cohen
Harper, c2008
Cohen profiles five people describing how they reacted upon first learning their diagnosis and how they have or have not adjusted. The author’s five subjects are remarkably candid, despite obvious emotional anguish.
Understanding Disability: Inclusion, Access, Diversity, and Civil Rights – Paul T. Jaeger, Cynthia Ann Bowman
Praeger Publishers, 2005
This is a well researched and readable book that covers areas of disability law, recreation, medicine, social life, economics, politics, media, immigration to the US, and technology.
Walt Disney World with Disabilities: Unofficial In-Depth Planning Guide for Fun, Comfort & Safety – Stephen Ashley
Ball Media Innovations, c2007
This extensive, detailed guidebook to Walt Disney World is written especially for people with disabilities as well as for those with allergies, back and neck problems, heart conditions, high blood pressure, etc. The physical experience of amusement rides, accessibility to attractions, hotels and restaurants are mentioned in this resource.
Wheelchairs on the Go: Accessible Fun in Florida – Michelle Stigleman & Deborah Van Brunt
Access Guide Publications, c2002
Florida’s only access guide for visitors and residents who use canes, walkers or wheelchairs or simply can’t walk far. Lists wheelchair accessible and barrier free accommodations, tourist attractions and activities from the Panhandle to Orlando to Key West.
The Wonder Years: My Life and Times with Stevie Wonder –Ted Hull
Ted Hull, 2000
Ted Hull was not a singer, nor a musician. But he was an integral part of Motown, and a shaping force in Stevie Wonder’s life. As Stevie’s private teacher and constant companion, Ted enabled Stevie to pursue his education and his career. As a man with a severe visual impairment, Ted helped Stevie discover that blindness does not have to impair independence, nor limit life’s adventures.
Siblings with Disabilities
Al Capone Does My Shirts – Gennifer Choldenko
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2004
A twelve year old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 where the guards’ families lived. He has to contend with his extraordinary new environment, in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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Brothers and Sisters –Laura Dwight
Star Bright Books, c2005
In this book you meet a number of sibling groups in which at least one member has a physical disability. This book shows that having a sibling with a disability is not so different from having a sibling without a disability.
For Ages K-9 Years
Cruise Control – Terry Trueman
Harper Tempest, c2005
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
Dustin’s BIG School Day – Alden R. Carter
Albert Whitman & Company, c1999
A young boy, who has Down syndrome, goes through a typical school day while eagerly anticipating a visit from a ventriloquist and his puppet. Dustin is excited because the performer is a family friend.
For Ages 7+
Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey – Rachel Simon
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
This is a heartwarming, life affirming journey through both the present and the past, which just might change your life.
For Ages Adult/High School
Rules – Cynthia Lord
Scholastic Press, c2006
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve year old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic boy named Jason.
For Ages 7 to 10
The Sibling Slam Book: What it’s Really Like to Have a Brother or Sister with Special Needs –Edited by Don Meyer
Woodbine House, 2005
Eighty junior and senior high school students provide honest and revealing answers to a set of 50 questions about having a brother or sister with special needs-autism, Down syndrome, epilepsy and other disabilities. Their unedited responses present a range of points of view and emotions that offer other siblings the chance to know their peers and feel part of a broader community.
For Ages 12+
Siblings of Children with Autism: A Guide for Families – Sandra L. Harris & Beth A.
Glasberg
Woodbine House, 2003
This book takes an in-depth look at what it is like to grow up as a sibling of a child with autism. This useful book addresses a full range of questions and concerns, including how to explain autism to siblings, how to help siblings share their feelings and how to balance the needs of the whole family.
For Ages 14+
Special Siblings: Growing Up with Someone with a Disability – Mary McHugh
Paul H. Brookes 2003
Along with the insights from experts, Mary McHugh shares her personal experiences of growing up with a physically and mentally disabled brother.
For Ages 14+
Talking to Angels – Esther Watson
Harcourt Brace, 1996
Crista is autistic and her sister, Esther, shares Christa’s way of looking at the world. It is only at the end that Esther says that Christa is autistic. This is an amazing book.
For Ages 6-8
We’ll Paint the Octopus Red – Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
Woodbine House, 1998
When Emma finds out she’s going to be a big sister she’s not that happy, but then she starts planning all the things she can do with the baby. But when her baby brother is born, there is a problem-he has Down syndrome. Emma goes back through her list of things to do with the baby and her dad reassures her that they will be able to do all of them but maybe a little later and with some help.
For Ages 6+
Who Ordered This Baby? : Definitely Not Me! – Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver
Grosset & Dunlap, c2007
Unhappy that his parents are expecting a baby and that his birthday party will be nothing special this year, fifth grader Hank decided to celebrate by doing his favorite things, with only his new pet tarantula, Rosa, for company.
For Ages 14+
Parents with Disabilities
Deaf Hearing Boy: A Memoir – R.H. Miller
Gallaudet University Press, 2004
Miller recounts his years as a hearing boy of Deaf parents, from his birth in 1938 to his departure for college in 1956. His experience is characterized by the move to the city, then back to the farm, and the impact that this has on his parents of losing the large and flourishing Deaf community.
In Silence: Growing Up Hearing in a Deaf World – Ruth Sidransky
Gallaudet University Press, 2006
Sidransky grew up in New York the daughter of two deaf parents. She shares what it was like growing up hearing and having two deaf loving parents. Very highly recommended.
Singing Hands – Delia Ray
Clarion Books, 2006
In the late 1940’s, twelve year old Gussie, a minister’s daughter learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the school for the deaf-her punishment for impulsive misdeeds against her dear parents and their boarders.
For Ages 10-14
Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World – Leah Hager Cohen
Replica Books, 1999
The portrait of New York’s Lafayette School for the Deaf is not just a work of journalism. It is also a memoir, since Leah Hager Cohen grew up on the school’s campus and her father is its superintendent. As a hearing person rose among the deaf, Cohen appreciates both the intimate textures of that silent world and the gulf that separates it from our own.
Compiled By: Elizabeth Mueller, January 2009
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Disability Resource Directory
This is a super site of many resources to assist all.
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/alliance/disabilities/adalinks.cfm
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/alliance/disabilities/adalinks.cfm
Famous People with Disabilities
Although this is a bit out dated it is still very useful. This is a wonderful list of famous people with disabilties.
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/alliance/disabilities/famouspersons.cfm
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/alliance/disabilities/famouspersons.cfm
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