Disabled Authors
Listen to audiobooks by disabled authors.
Desert Creatures
By: Kay Chronister
Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Thom Rivera & Samara Naeymi
Length: 8 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Nine-year-old Magdala and her father have been exiled from their home; they flee through the harsh landscape of the American West, searching for refuge. As violence pursues them, they join a handful of survivors on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Las Vegas, where it is said that vigilante saints reside, bright with neon power. Magdala, born... Read more
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By: Greg Marshall
Narrated by: Greg Marshall
Length: 9 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
A hilarious and poignant memoir grappling with family, disability, and coming of age in two closets—as a gay man and as a man living with cerebral palsy
Greg Marshall's early years were pretty bizarre. Rewind the VHS tapes and you'll see a lopsided teenager limping across a high school stage, or in a wheelchair after leg surgeries,... Read more
The Year I Met My Brain
By: Matilda Boseley
Narrated by: Matilda Boseley
Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future.
Twelve months of confusion later, journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what's really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and... Read more
Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw
By: Eddie Ndopu
Narrated by: Eddie Ndopu
Length: 5 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
A memoir penned with one good finger, Ndopu writes about being profoundly disabled and profoundly successful
Global humanitarian Eddie Ndopu was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative motor neuron disease affecting his mobility. He was told that he wouldn’t live beyond age five and yet, Ndopu thrived. He grew up loving pop... Read more
The Silence Between Us
By: Alison Gervais
Narrated by: Chloe Dolandis
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
“The Silence Between Us is eminently un-put-down-able.” (NPR)Schneider Family Book Award, Best Teen Honor Book 2020“This is a great YA contemporary (clean) romance that follows Maya as she navigates a new school and plans for her future. The addition of representation by a Deaf character was really beautifully done. Highly recommend for people... Read more
View audiobookFarther Than the Moon
By: Lindsay Lackey
Narrated by: Josh Wichard
Length: 7 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
From award-winning author Lindsay Lackey comes Farther Than the Moon, a heartfelt story about a boy who wants to become an astronaut, but wonders if his dreams can include his brother with disabilities, perfect for fans of We Dream of Space and Song for a Whale.
All thirteen-year-old Houston Stewart has ever wanted is to become an astronaut. His... Read more
Being Seen
By: Elsa Sjunneson
Narrated by: Elsa Sjunneson
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else.
As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness—much to the confusion of... Read more
How to Be Human
By: Jory Fleming
Narrated by: Jory Fleming & Lyric Winik
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
A “beautiful and astonishing” (Walter Isaacson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) narrative that examines the many ways to be fully human, told by the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
As a child, Jory Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for... Read more
The Boy Who Found His Voice
By: Tyler Gordon
Narrated by: Tyler Gordon
Length: 7 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author and features sound design and special effects to enhance your listening enjoyment. Listen out for the sounds of painting and classmates' cheers.
From teen activist and artistic prodigy Tyler Gordon comes a heartwarming audiobook inspired by his own life about a boy with a speech difference who learns the power... Read more
But Everyone Feels This Way
By: Paige Layle
Narrated by: Paige Layle
Length: 8 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically.
“For far too long, I was told I was just like everyone else. But knew it couldn’t be true. Living just seemed so much harder for me. This wasn’t okay. This wasn’t normal. This wasn’t functioning. And it... Read more
How to Dance
By: Jason B. Dutton
Narrated by: David Bendena
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
Nick Freeman works hard as the star of the weekly karaoke night at his bar, hoping his singing talent, quick wit, and winning smile will distract from his cerebral palsy. But one night at the bar, watching a professional dancer light up the dance floor with her boyfriend, he realizes that entertaining strangers will never give him a fraction of... Read more
View audiobookDear Black Girls
By: A'ja Wilson
Narrated by: A'ja Wilson
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
“Through honest stories and inspiring lessons from her life, A’ja Wilson reminds us to never doubt who we are or apologize for being true to ourselves. Dear Black Girls is a must-read for every Black girl out there.” ―Gabrielle Union, New York Times bestselling author of We're Going to Need More Wine and You... Read more
White Supremacy Is All Around
By: Akilah Cadet
Narrated by: Akilah Cadet
Length: 8 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Founder and CEO of consulting firm Change Cadet Dr. Akilah Cadet shares a powerful, incisive look at where we are in the fight to dismantle white supremacy—and what we urgently need to do next.
This is the story of how I became an unapologetic Black disabled woman in a white world. This book is for people who look and live structurally like me... Read more
Soundtrack of Silence
By: Matt Hay
Narrated by: Matt Hay
Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the author.
An inspiring memoir of a young man who discovered he was going completely deaf just at the moment he’d fallen in love for the first time.
As a child, Matt Hay didn’t know his hearing wasn’t the way everyone else processed sound—because of the workarounds he did to fit in, even the school nurse didn’t catch his... Read more
Every Time You Go Away
By: Abigail Johnson
Narrated by: Ferdelle Capistrano & Graham Halstead
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, forgiveness, and the kind of love that blooms in the aftermath.
Eight years ago, Ethan and Rebecca met, two troublemaking kids sharing secrets and first kisses in a tree house, until Ethan’s mom returned to take him away. Each and every visit, his... Read more
The Girl with Special Shoes
By: Hilda Bih Muluh
Narrated by: Hilda Bih Muluh
Length: 7 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Hilda’s family didn’t know she had muscular dystrophy. They just knew their preschooler was losing her ability to walk. But they were determined to find a cure.
Being disabled in Cameroon meant not only obstacles to transport, but visits to diviners and evangelists, threats of sexual assault, discrimination, and a crisis of faith. Despite the... Read more
Lucky Girl
By: Scout Bassett
Narrated by: Scout Bassett
Length: 5 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Sprinter, long jumper, and Paralympian Scout Bassett shares the lessons she’s learned battling the toughest challenges facing young women today.
As an infant in China, Scout Bassett survived a fire that took her right leg. She spent the next seven years in an orphanage before being adopted and whisked away to the United States, where she felt... Read more
Limp Forward
By: Libo Meyers
Narrated by: Libo Meyers
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
"A vibrant story of a brilliant and industrious woman." — Kirkus Reviews
"An inspirational book that drives home the importance of perseverance, love, and the beauty that can come from being differently abled." — Readers' Favorite (5 star)
"A tale of perseverance, an inspiration for all. Look back to understand your roots, & look forward to... Read more
A Life Worth Living
By: Tommy Jessop
Narrated by: Jane Jessop & Tommy Jessop
Length: 18 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
A powerful, moving and joyous memoir from Tommy Jessop, award-winning actor and activist.
I'm a man on a mission to show that life with Down Syndrome can be exciting and is worth living, so that other people understand and give us the chance to live life to the full and to be fulfilled.
Tommy Jessop is a multi-award winning actor, theatre... Read more
Scatter Brain
By: Shaparak Khorsandi
Narrated by: Shaparak Khorsandi
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought to you by Penguin.
Some brains, through no fault of their own, pack a bag, turn the lights off and run away to the seaside the moment they are meant to be doing homework, paying bills or not putting the cat in the fridge. These are ADHD brains. I have one and believe they are as common as being left-handed, flat footed or genuinely... Read more
Give Me a Sign
By: Anna Sortino
Narrated by: Elizabeth Robbins
Length: 9 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
Jenny Han meets CODA in this big-hearted YA debut about first love and Deaf pride at a summer camp.
Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when you don’t feel “deaf enough” to identify as Deaf or hearing enough to meet the world’s expectations. But this summer, Lilah is ready for a... Read more
Food, We Need to Talk
By: Juna Gjata & Edward M. Phillips, M.D.
Narrated by: Edward M. Phillips, M.D. & Juna Gjata
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is read by the authors.
This is an unusual—and unusually interesting—exploration of diet, weight and health that touches on memoir but lands on practicality. It’s a cut-to-the-chase audiobook that makes you realize that not everything you know about dieting and weight loss—no matter how much you've read or experienced before—is true,... Read more
Something More
By: Jackie Khalilieh
Narrated by: Parmida Vand
Length: 10 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism diagnosis while navigating her first year of high school, for fans of Jenny Han and Samira Ahmed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make... Read more
The Secret Summer Promise
By: Keah Brown
Narrated by: Tamika Katon-Donegal
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Andrea Williams has got this. The Best Summer Ever. Last summer, she spent all her time in bed, recovering from the latest surgery for her cerebral palsy. She’s waited too long for adventure and thrills to enter her life. Together with her crew of ride-or-die friends, and the best parents anyone could ask for (just don’t tell them that), she’s... Read more
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