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By Doreen Rappaport, Matt Tavares. 2012
This biography of Helen Keller introduces young readers to one of the world's most influential women. Using quotes from Keller…
herself, the author brings to life her story of courage and achievement. For grades K-3By Dale Sheldon. 2013
Dale Sheldon was born in Conrad, Montana, and lost his vision at the age of four. Encouraged by his family…
and motivated by his just do it philosophy, Dale became a successful auto repair shop owner for thirty years, an avid hunter and fisherman, served for twelve years as a county commissioner, became a Russian interpreter, and expressed himself as a sculptor and woodworker. 2013By Jennifer Thermes, Holly M. Barry, Holly Barry. 2013
By Don Brown, Donald L Brown. 2013
In this inspiring and uplifting memoir, the author chronicles his journey from disabled high school drop-out to middle-aged Harvard Law…
graduate, walking across the country to raise money for children's charitiesBy John Ross. 1998
In his autobiography John Ross tells of being an avid athlete, freelance writer, teacher, journalist, and coach despite being blind…
since childhood. His love of sports led him to refine the game of Beep Baseball, a sport adapted for players who are visually impairedBy Louise Baker. 1946
The author lost her right leg in a bicycle-meets-car accident when she was eight, yet managed to roller skate, swim,…
and play tennis. She went to Europe alone, married, reported for several newspapers, taught, and eventually, in a second marriage, went to Arizona to live. A humorous approach to a loss which she allowed to be only physically cripplingBy Marcus Brotherton, Derrick Coleman Jr.. 2015
By Carmella Broome. 2008
A young woman, legally blind since birth, must decide whether to surrender to her infirmity and remain dependent on others…
for the rest of her life or go off to college, get a degree, and strive to become self-sufficient. Against enormous odds, she chose to make her own way in the worldBy Chloé Cooper Jones. 2022
"Soul-stretching, breathtaking...A game-changing gift to readers." — Booklist (starred review) From Chloé Cooper Jones—Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative…
Nonfiction Grant recipient—a groundbreaking memoir about disability, motherhood, and a journey to far-flung places in search of a new way of seeing and being seen. "I am in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether my life is worth living." So begins Chloé Cooper Jones's bold, revealing account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Jones learned early on to factor "pain calculations" into every plan, every situation. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis which affects both her stature and gait, her pain is physical. But there is also the pain of being judged and pitied for her appearance, of being dismissed as "less than." The way she has been seen—or not seen—has informed her lens on the world her entire life. She resisted this reality by excelling academically and retreating to "the neutral room in her mind" until it passed. But after unexpectedly becoming a mother (in violation of unspoken social taboos about the disabled body), something in her shifts, and Jones sets off on a journey across the globe, reclaiming the spaces she'd been denied, and denied herself. From the bars and domestic spaces of her life in Brooklyn to sculpture gardens in Rome; from film festivals in Utah to a Beyoncé concert in Milan; from a tennis tournament in California to the Killing Fields of Phnom Penh, Jones weaves memory, observation, experience, and aesthetic philosophy to probe the myths underlying our standards of beauty and desirability, and interrogates her own complicity in upholding those myths. With its emotional depth, its prodigious, spiky intelligence, its passion and humor, Easy Beauty is the rare memoir that has the power to make you see the world, and your place in it, with new eyesBy Michael O Hanson. 2013
Minneapolis-based attorney Mike Hanson set out along the Appalachian Trail in the spring of 2010. Using only a GPS device…
and trekking poles, the visually impaired Hanson plotted and completed the majority of the Appalachian Trail without outside assistance, making an important point about the power of technology and the independence of those without sightBy Nyle DiMarco. 2022
A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco, actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and…
cultural icon of the international Deaf community Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle "failed" his first test—a hearing test—to the joy and excitement of his parents. In this engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. A college math major and athlete at Gallaudet—the famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DC—Nyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions America's Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars—ultimately winning both competitions. Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem—a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle's primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience. Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart—both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobookBy Selma Blair. 2022
Selma Blair has played many roles: Ingenue in Cruel Intentions . Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde . Muse to…
Karl Lagerfeld. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best as … a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth. "Blair is a rebel, an artist, and it turns out: a writer." —Glennon Doyle, Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Untamed and Founder of Together Rising The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life. She often felt like her arms might be on fire, a sensation not unlike electric shocks, and she secretly drank to escape. Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, devasting memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood, and, finally, the surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. In a voice that is powerfully original, fiercely intelligent, and full of hard-won wisdom, Selma Blair&’s Mean Baby is a deeply human memoir and a true literary achievement. By Ira Berkow. 2008
Details the heroism and determination of World War II G.I. Lou Brissie, who was wounded in Italy in December 1944.…
Recounts Brissie's refusal to allow his leg to be amputated despite major damage, his against-all-odds recovery, and his use of a leg brace to become a Philadelphia Athletics pitcher. 2009By Barbara O'Connor. 1997
A biography of Frenchman Louis Braille (1809-1852), who was accidentally blinded as a child and who as a teenager developed…
an alphabet of raised dots. Relates his struggle to gain government backing for the reading and writing system that is now called "braille" in his honor. For grades 3-6. 1997By Lawrence Scadden. 2008
Autobiography of California-born (1939) Scadden, who was blinded at age five. Describes his career as a research psychologist with a…
doctorate degree. Discusses his work in developing assistive technology for visually impaired people and promoting science education. Examines the effects of blindness, Scadden's personal development, and his experiences abroad. 2008By Mary Tyler Moore. 2009
The former sitcom actress recounts her experiences with juvenile diabetes, which was diagnosed during a miscarriage. Now the chairman of…
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Moore acknowledges that her past lack of attention to glucose control resulted in vision and foot problems. Includes facts about diabetes and resources. 2009By Davin Seay, Eric LeMarque, Eric Le Marque. 2009
Former professional hockey player recounts his post-career addiction to methamphetamine ("speed"). Describes becoming stranded in 2004 for eight days in…
subfreezing temperatures in the Sierra Nevada. Discusses the amputation of his frostbitten feet and later his legs below the knee and relates his newfound belief in God. 2009By Gary Presley. 2008
Memoir of essayist paralyzed by polio in 1959. Describes his stay in an iron lung and return--in a wheelchair--to his…
family's Missouri farm, where he recuperated physically but struggled emotionally. Chronicles the feelings he experienced while building an independent life and coming to terms with disability. Some strong language. 2008By Hester Rumberg, Judith Sleavin. 2009
Rumberg describes the 1993 ordeal of her friends the Sleavin family, whose around-the-world voyage violently ended when a ship rammed…
their small sailing boat. Details Judith's rescue after her husband and two young children died, and recounts the beginning of Judith's healing process. 2009By Josh Swiller. 2007
Swiller, who lost his hearing during childhood, describes joining the Peace Corps at age twenty-three "to find a place," he…
says, "past deafness." Recounts his two-year stint and his attempts to improve conditions in a remote Zambian village plagued by poverty, disease, and violence. Strong language and some violence. 2007