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• Americans with Disabilities Act

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  This is the U.S. Department of Justice's officially site for information about the ADA. You can get information on ADA protections, find out about how it works, and report a disability rights violation.

• Demystifying Disability

  What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be An Ally

  Ladau, Emily, 1991-

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• Disability Visibility (adapted for Young Adults)

  First-person Stories for Today

  Wong, Alice

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• El Deafo

  Bell, Cece

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  Author Cece Bell recounts her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower.

• Out of My Mind

  Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills)

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  "Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time."

• Fish in a Tree

  Hunt, Lynda Mullaly

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  "Ally is great at math, and her ability to visualize moving pictures makes her an amazing artist, but she has a terrible secret: reading is almost impossible for her. By using her wits and adopting a troublemaking persona, she's been able to avoid…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sitting Pretty

  the View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

  Taussig, Rebekah

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• The Bride Test

  a Novel

  Hoang, Helen

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  "Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better—that his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

  Bowling, Dusti

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  "Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not So Different

  What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability

  Burcaw, Shane

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• Roll With It

  Sumner, Jamie

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  Twelve-year-old Ellie, who has cerebral palsy, finds her life transformed when she moves with her mother to small-town Oklahoma to help care for her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's Disease.

• Unbroken

  13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

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• Not If I Can Help It

  Mackler, Carolyn

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  Willa likes things to be a certain way because it makes life manageable even with her Sensory Processing Disorder. She certainly does not like surprises, and her father has just thrown her a big one: he has been dating her best friend's mother. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Ask!

  Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

  Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954-

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• NeuroTribes

  the Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

  Silberman, Steve, 1957-

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• You're Welcome, Universe

  Gardner, Whitney,

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  When Julia is expelled from Kingston School for the Deaf for her beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural, she has to attend a "mainstream" school in the suburbs where she is the only deaf student. Out in the 'burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• OCDaniel

  King, Wesley

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• Not If I See You First

  Lindstrom, Eric

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  "Parker Grant doesn't need 20/20 vision to see right through you. That's why she created the Rules: Don't treat her any differently just because she's blind, and never take advantage. There will be no second chances. When Scott, the boy who broke…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rolling Warrior

  the Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution

  Heumann, Judith E.

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• Too Sticky!

  Sensory Issues With Autism

  Malia, Jen

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