Cocca-Leffler, Maryann

Summary: In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy [Heumann] and other disability rights activists fought for YES! They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504--established thanks in large part to the ongoing work of Judy and her community--laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HEU

Ndopu, Eddie

Summary: "Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu's rousing memoir about being both profoundly disabled and profoundly successful without trading one for the other. Eddie Ndopu grew up loving pop music and reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful, and as an adult he would become a globe-trotting disability activist. By his early twenties, he had rocketed through every boundary put in front of him--a queer, Black...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 NDOPU, EDDIE NDO

Wong, Alice

Summary: Drawing on a collection of original essays, previously published work, conversations, graphics, photos, commissioned art by disabled and Asian American artists, and more, Alice uses her unique talent to share an impressionistic scrapbook of her life as an Asian American disabled activist, community organizer, media maker, and dreamer. From her love of food and pop culture to her unwavering...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WON

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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 921 WONG, ALICE WON

Agar, Johnny

Summary: "The incredible story of Johnny Agar, born with cerebral palsy and who doctors thought would never walk, overcoming the odds to participate in long-distance endurance races with his dad pushing him, until the final mile when he walks across the finish line." - provided by publisher

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dexterity 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AGAR, JOHNNY AGA

Thompson, Laurie Ann

Summary: Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YEB

Dingle, Shannon

Summary: Shannon Dingle has experienced more than her fair share of tragedy and trauma in her life, including surviving sexual abuse and trafficking as a child that left her with lasting disabilities and experiencing faith shifts that put her at odds with the evangelical church that had been her home. Then, in July 2019, Shannon's husband was tragically killed by a rogue wave while the family was on...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DINGLE, SHANNON DIN

Dubus, Andre

Summary: "The 1986 highway accident that resulted in Dubus being largely confined to a wheelchair is an event that is by now familiar to readers of his award-winning short stories (Dancing After Hours, etc.) and previous collection of personal essays (Broken Vessels, 1991). In these 25 spare and luminous essays, most of which have previously appeared in magazines like the New Yorker, Harper's and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 DUB

Holub, Joan

Summary: Learn all about important people whose wonderful talents shine bright from the disability community. Highlighting ten memorable people who paved the way, including Helen Keller, Christy Brown, Temple Grandin, Stevie Wonder, Chris Downey, Claudia Gordon, and others.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD HOL

Johnston, KT

Summary: "Lis Hartel became paralyzed after contracting polio in 1944. Her dreams of riding horses and competing in the sport of dressage were shattered. After months in the hospital, doctors told her she'd never ride again. Lis tried anyway. How do you stay on a horse without using your legs? How do you give the subtle cues needed in dressage with limited mobility? With hard work-and an unlikely horse...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: J 921 HAR

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAR

Murphy, Fiona

Summary: I am still unlearning the habit of secrecy. And yet, whenever somebody discovers that I am deaf, my body still reacts with churning terror. How do you build up a sense of robust pride when your body has taught itself to be fearful? Fiona Murphy's memoir about being deaf is a revelation.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Text Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MURPHY, FIONA MUR

Blake, Melissa

Summary: In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake's work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively view and treat disabled people, and the making of an advocate. After a troll said that Blake should be banned from posting pictures of herself, she...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2024

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4092 BLA

Burnell, Cerrie

Summary: This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present. In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, meet 30 artists, thinkers, athletes and activists with disabilities, from past and present. From Frida Kahlo to Stephen Hawking, find out how these iconic figures have overcome obstacles, owned their differences and paved the way for others by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wide Eyed Editions 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUR

Summary: International art sensation Keith Haring blazed a trail through the legendary art scene of '80s New York and revolutionized the worlds of pop culture and fine art. Haring's message targeted the underlying threat of violence, sexual exploitation, and political oppression. His art was shown in over one hundred group and solo exhibitions during his lifetime and he continues to be celebrated today.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV KEI

Clark, Zion

Summary: "Zion Clark has always had big dreams for himself despite the many hardships he faced growing up as a Black disabled child in the foster care system of Ohio. His childhood years were marked by instability as he moved from home to home, experiencing abuse and neglect. And yet his determination and grit pushed him to become an elite wrestler and wheelchair racer. His constant reinvention led him...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 CLA

Leland, Andrew

Summary: "A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LELAND, ANDREW LEL

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B LELAND LEL

Robbins, Dean

Summary: A picture book biography follows the life of Kitty O'Neil, the stuntwoman and racecar driver who broke the women's land speed record, becoming a hero to fans everywhere.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 O'NE
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROB

Koehler-Pentacoff, Elizabeth.

Summary: Throughout her childhood, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff frequently visited Rosemary Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s sister. Why? Koehler-Pentacoff’s aunt, Sister Paulus Koehler, a Franciscan nun, was Rosemary’s devoted caregiver at St. Coletta in Jefferson, Wisconsin for fifteen years and her driver and travel companion for over thirty. The resulting book, which will be will be the first...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bancroft Press 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KENNEDY, ROSEMARY KOE

Summary: Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind since early childhood, was a passionate advocate for change, using her celebrity and wit to champion rights for women, people with disabilities, and people living in poverty. Becoming Helen Keller examines the complex legacy of this author, advocate, lecturer, and human rights pioneer.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BEC

Summary: A definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah." Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen's notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage, and extremely...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HAL

Summary: A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it....

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OLI

Summary: An unvarnished look at the unlikely author whose autobiographical fiction helped shape American ideas of the frontier and self-reliance. A Midwestern farm woman who published her first novel at age 65, Laura Ingalls Wilder transformed her frontier childhood into the best-selling Little House series.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LAU

Masumoto, David Mas

Summary: "A family separated by racism against Japanese Americans and the discrimination of people with developmental disabilities--reunited seventy years later, returning to their roots on a farm and bound by family secrets"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Hen Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MASUMOTO, DAVID MAS MAS