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For readers of The Basketball Diaries, Girl, Interrupted, Beautiful Boy, and Just Kids: A memoir of growing up, soaring, shattering, and recovering Growing up in SoCal in the early 2010s, Nolan Trowe spent his early teenage years living largely on his own, exiled from his family, skateboarding...

In this book, she discusses running disabled-led Graeae theatre company for the past 30 years. She reveals her passionate and long-standing commitment to inclusivity and equality within the arts and how she and Graeae have made strides in the area, including the creative integration of sign language, captioning and audio description in performance.

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

Struggle. Overcome. Inspire. For Jacky Hunt-Broersma, a cancer diagnosis in her mid-twenties brought a life-changing challenge: a below-the-knee amputation. Navigating her new reality, Jacky first kept her difference hidden as she learned to walk and do daily activities using a prosthesis. Years...

Blame: Death, Disability, and the Search for Justice for Guy Mitchell attempts to find meaning and justice in the tragic death of a vulnerable individual whose circle of care failed him. Dramatic nonfiction that sounds like a legal thriller, Blame resists easy answers, exposing a tangled web of negligence, indifference, and systemic failure and probing the deeper structural forces behind Guy's death. What emerges is a powerful indictment of a broken system and a strong argument that the duty to care for society's most vulnerable ultimately lies with us all.

What if you sat down and wrote your own eulogy while you were still alive? At age twenty-six, podcast host Bradley Dryburgh sat down and wrote his own eulogy. Living with cystic fibrosis, a chronic and life-limiting illness, Bradley has spent his life confronting mortality head-on. But nothing...

Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) at aged 12 and writing this memoir at age 37, Julia Daunt depicts the ins and out of PDA and its symptoms, while maintaining a positive outlook on what is possible to achieve. Co-written with professional specialist Ruth Fidler, it covers how...

One woman's journey through progressive blindness and the extraordinary guide dog who kept her safe along the way When ethics scholar Deni Elliott, born with limited vision, realized she could no longer navigate the world safely alone, she turned to a guide dog—a decision that reshaped her...

Written by a hugely popular actor and autism advocate, this book is for neurodiverse Gen Z-ers looking for an inspirational mix of real-life advice with a heartfelt personal story. Are you autistic, or think you might be? Are you ready to not only understand but embrace your unique mind?...

Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can be disorienting and isolating; however, if you can understand the condition and how it affects perceptions, relationships, and your relationship with the world in general, a happy and successful life is attainable. Through an introduction to the autism...

From social media star and motivational speaker Spencer West, an inspirational guide that shows you how to be the person you were meant to be all along. You might think that the hardest mountain Spencer West had to climb was Mount Kilimanjaro, but as he tells it, the real challenge was learning...

'Urgent and beautiful, this book shows how our treatment of disability mirrors our treatment of nature. Essential reading' ― Katherine May, author of Wintering 'A passionate call for an inclusive countryside - nature for all and all for nature' ― Jack Cornish, author of The Lost Paths Since...

The star of the legendary HBO series The Sopranos and podcast co-host with Christina Applegate, Jamie Lynn Sigler opens up about the vicissitudes of life, from early stardom to heartache and love, motherhood, and illness, offering readers an unflinchingly vulnerable exploration of the...

The New York Times bestselling author of True Biz retraces her path out of the hearing world and into the deaf community—and seeks to understand what it means to raise children who are different from her—in this emotionally rich memoir. “In this enraging history and big-hearted family saga...

"This book doesn’t offer easy answers, but it offers something better—a way of seeing our shared vulnerability as the starting point for understanding what’s breaking and what still might be saved.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​" —Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected...

I strive to create an example of all that I can be so that others in my situation can see disability for what it is. Disability does not separate me from anyone. All people are disabled, and only some are temporarily enabled. Everyone will age. Everyone will need a little help. If people understand this, then all are equal. - Thomas. Thomas is a brilliant student, an advocate for people with special needs, and a loving son and brother. He has a rare form of muscular dystrophy that over a short time leaves him completely, physically helpless.

Folk musician, Broadway composer, and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea's warm, funny, poignant memoir is a love letter to every kind of body, to music, and to making it work––inviting us to embrace all of life's experiences with heart and determination. Read by the author and featuring...

What does it mean to be truly anchored when life’s waters are rough and the path uncertain? In Anchored: A Journey Through Vision and Faith, Trey Lewis shares a powerful memoir of resilience, purpose, and unwavering belief. From going blind at a young age, he faced a world full of obstacles—physical, social, and emotional—that would have discouraged most. But through faith, determination, and a commitment to build meaningful connections, Trey transforms every challenge into an opportunity to grow, advocate, and lead.

Real Words With Sam tells the true story of a father who, after two decades, discovers that his autistic son has been fully aware, perceptive, and engaged all along. Through spelled communication, Sam’s inner voice emerges, revealing insight, humor, and emotional depth that challenge long-standing assumptions about disability and intelligence. What many experts labeled as “behaviors” and a “learning disorder” is actually apraxia—a condition affecting output, not input or understanding.

In November 1991, author Eugen Ehrenberg was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and he learned how to manage the imminent limitations in his movements. Twenty years after that, he suffered an accident that left him in the hospital for a long time as he managed to regain part of his mobility. He had to become friendly with his new active wheelchair and later with his hand bike.