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Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
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Emmanuel's Dream

By Laurie Ann Thompson , Sean Qualls (illustrator) ,

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Normal Sucks
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Normal Sucks

By Jonathan Mooney ,

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Edge: Turning Adversity Into Advantage
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Edge

By Laura Huang ,

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Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities
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Navigating the Transition from High School to College for Students with Disabilities

By Meg Grigal (editor) , Joseph Madaus (editor) , Lyman Dukes III (editor) , Debra Hart (editor)

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I Am Odd, I Am New
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I Am Odd, I Am New

By Benjamin Giroux , Roz MacLean (illustrator) ,

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Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family
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Piglet

By Melissa Shapiro , MIM Eichler Rivas ,

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Hogan's Hope: A Deaf Hero's Inspirational Quest for Love and Acceptance
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Hogan's Hope

By Connie Bombaci ,

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Rethinking Normalcy: A Disability Studies Reader
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Rethinking Normalcy

By Tanya Titchkosky (editor) , Rod Michalko (editor) ,

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The Right to Maim
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The Right to Maim

By Jasbir K. Puar ,

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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
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Demystifying Disability

By Emily Ladau ,

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From Longing to Belonging: A Practical Guide to Including People with Disabilities and Mental Health Conditions in Your Faith Community
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From Longing to Belonging

By Shelly Christensen ,

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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century
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Disability Visibility

By Alice Wong ,

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We Walk: Life with Severe Autism
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We Walk

By Amy S. F. Lutz ,

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The Disability Studies Reader
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The Disability Studies Reader

By Lennard J. Davis ,

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The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights and Literature
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The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights and Literature

By Crystal Parikh (editor) ,

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Slow Dance: A Story of Stroke, Love and Disability
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Slow Dance

By Bonnie S. Klein ,

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Black Disability Politics
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Black Disability Politics

By Sami Schalk ,

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Signs of Disability
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Signs of Disability

By Stephanie L. Kerschbaum ,

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The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes and Mourning Songs
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The Future Is Disabled

By Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ,

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Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability
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Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability

By Paul K. Longmore ,

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Living with Polio: The Epidemic and Its Survivors
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Living with Polio

By Daniel J. Wilson ,

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Disability and Theatre: A Practical Manual for Inclusion in the Arts
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Disability and Theatre

By Stephanie Barton-Farcas ,

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We Move Together
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We Move Together

By Kelly Fritsch , Anne McGuire , Eduardo Trejos (illustrator)

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Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse
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Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse

By Shane Burcaw ,

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About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times
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About Us

By Peter Catapano (editor) , Rosemarie Garland-Thomson (editor) ,

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Emma's Laugh: The Gift of Second Chances
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Emma's Laugh

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But You Look So Normal: Lost and Found in a Hearing World
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But You Look So Normal

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Special Children, Challenged Parents
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Special Children, Challenged Parents

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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World
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The Anti-Ableist Manifesto

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Sitting Pretty
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Sitting Pretty

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How to Keep Believing When You're Suffering
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How to Keep Believing When You're Suffering

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