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Disability related books I've read

Christiane Link

Autobiographies of disabled people and non-fictional books on disability and inclusion.

Sections

English Books

German books

English Books

The social model of disability linked to mental health

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health

Excellent book about inclusion from a totally different perspective

Radical Inclusion: Seven Steps to a Just World

Empowering book on autism, written by an actually autistic actor.

Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide

The best book about autism I have ever read, written by an austic writer.

Untypical: World Isn't Built for Autistic People

The disabled author discusses our ableist world and disabled joy in the face of discrimination.

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

Autobiographie of disabled writer Samantha Renke

You Are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

A memoir-in-essays from a disabled advocate

Sitting Pretty: View from My Resilient Disabled Body

Autobiography of disabled comedian Francesca Martinez

What the **** is Normal?!

Disability & Queerness

Exile and Pride

Disability & Fairy Tales

Disfigured: On Fairy Tales & Disability

An introduction in disability, not very progressive

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

Autobiography of British disability activist Bert Massie

A Life Without Limits: Disability Rights Activist

Introduction in politics and disability

Disability Politics and Theory

Autobiography of a disabled woman in philanthropy

Looking Up: How Perspective Turns Obstacles Into Advantages

Short introduction into ableism, written in German

Tanja Kollodzieyski: Ableismus (AuK 527) - SUKULTUR

Autobiography of Judy Heumann, the most important disability activist in the US

Being Heumann: Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Autobiography of Haben Girma, a deafblind activist and lawyer

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard

Disability politics in the UK, very important book about UK politics

Crippled: Austerity & Demonization of Disabled

Autobiography of Australian comedian Adam Hills

Best Foot Forward

Autobiography of Ben Mattlin, one of the first students using a wheelchair at Harvard

Miracle Boy Grows Up: Disability Rights Revolution

A teenager with cerebral palsy from Syria flees to Germany.

Nujeen: One Girl's Journey from War-Torn Syria

An autobiographical story of a paralympian looking for love

We Should Hang Out Sometime: A True Story

Biographies of disabled leaders

Defying Disability: Lives of Nine Disabled Leaders

Important book that shows the reality of many disabled women

Disabled Women and Domestic Violence: Survivors

Book about disability politics and ableism in the UK

Scapegoat

Autobiography of disabled artist Alison Lapper

My Life in My Hands

German books

Leading book in Germany on inclusion and disability, written in German

Wer Inklusion will, findet einen Weg. Wer sie nicht...

Disability history in Germany, written in German

Widerspenstig, eigensinnig, unbequem: Die unbek...

Leading book on disability and inclusion in Austria, written in German, highly recommended!

Radikale Inklusion - Leykam Buchverlag

The daughter of deaf parents and her love of music

Jenseits der Stille: A German Reader

Old book with not only an amazing title about disability in Germany, written in German

(Das Risiko nichtbehinderte Eltern zu bekommen)

Written by a mother of a disabled child in Germany, written in German

Alles inklusive - Mareice Kaiser | S. Fischer Verlage

Autobiographie of Austrian parliamentarian Franz Joseph Huainigg

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