Disabled Authors

Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

Narrated by: Ali Stroker

Length: 8 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and much-needed disability representation in this story about a girl who's determined to follow her dreams.By the time Effie Galanos starts her senior year, it feels like she's already been thinking about college applications for an eternity-after all,... Read more

Jude Saves the World

By: Ronnie Riley

Narrated by: Maxwell Glick

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Perfect for fans of Alex Gino, A. J. Sass, and Kyle Lukoff, this is the joyful and heartwarming story of Jude, a nonbinary kid who knows exactly who they are and decides to create a safe space in their community.Twelve-year-old Jude struggles with some things: focusing at school, feeling like everything rests on their shoulders, not being able... Read more

Gold Medal Mysteries: Thief on the Track

By: Ellie Robinson

Narrated by: Nadia Albina

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Join three sporting detectives as they race around the world in the brand new mystery adventure series from multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson. 

Hannah, Maria, and Seb are at the World Championships in Tokyo, bonding over their excitement at watching their favourite athletes compete.  But Jesse Marks, a star runner on the US... Read more

Losing Music

By: John Cotter

Narrated by: John Cotter

Length: 7 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“I was in the car the first time music seemed strange: the instruments less distinct, the vocals less crisp.”John Cotter was thirty years old when he first began to notice a ringing in his ears. Soon the ringing became a roar inside his head. Next came partial deafness, then dizziness and vertigo that rendered him unable to walk, work, sleep, or... Read more

Without Restraint

By: Robert C. DeLena & Ryan C. DeLena

Narrated by: Tim Getman & Alex Boyles

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

As a child Ryan DeLena had difficulty controlling his emotional outbursts. This led to placement in therapeutic schools that relied on detrimental methods of behavior modification such as physical restraints.Nothing helped from a team of doctors to heavy medication. Then in 2010, Ryan was voluntarily committed to a mental hospital for further... Read more

Wound from the Mouth of a Wound

By: torrin a. greathouse

Narrated by: torrin a. greathouse

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

A Minnesota Book Award Finalist in PoetryA CLMP Firecracker Award Finalist in Poetry“Some girls are not made,” torrin a. greathouse writes, “but spring from the dirt.” Guided by a devastatingly precise hand, Wound from the Mouth of a Wound—selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil as the winner of the 2020 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry—challenges a... Read more

Rockstar Detectives: Murder at the Movies

By: Adam Hills

Narrated by: Adam Hills

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Meet Charley - a totally ordinary 13-year-old, who's also an international singing sensation.

Meet George - Charley's best friend, social media whizz, and budding comedian.

Charley and George are in Sydney, where Charley is filming her first movie. But when mysterious accidents begin to happen whenever Charley's on set,... Read more

My Body and Other Crumbling Empires

By: Lyndsey Medford

Narrated by: Emily Ellet

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

As a writer, activist, and theology student, Lyndsey Medford was used to critiquing unsustainable medical, environmental, economic, and social systems from a theoretical perspective. But when her autoimmune disorder roared out of remission, she discovered that her own body's systems lived at the very real vortex of all those systems'... Read more

No Matter the Distance

By: Cindy Baldwin

Narrated by: Reena Dutt

Length: 4 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

An unexpected animal companion helps a girl with cystic fibrosis learn to write her own story in this captivating novel in verse by award-winning author and disabled activist Cindy Baldwin. Penny Rooney has cystic fibrosis, which means she has to do breathing treatments to help her lungs work. Some days, it seems like her CF is the only thing... Read more

The Architecture of Disability

By: David Gissen

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access, but The Architecture of Disability calls for a radical reorientation of this perspective by situating experiences of impairment as a new foundation for the built environment. With its provocative proposal for "the construction of disability,"... Read more

Just Jerry

By: Jerry Pinkney

Narrated by: Scott Pinkney & Gloria Pinkney

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

An inspiring memoir of one of the most acclaimed children’s book illustrators of all time, sharing the story of a young artist who finds the courage to follow his passion against all odds.

Jerry’s vivid recollections and lively sketchbook drawings of his youth in postwar America tell an inspiring story of how a hardworking boy pursued his... Read more

Fighting For YES! (Audio Descriptive)

By: Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Judith Heumann

Narrated by: Ali Stroker & Judith Heumann

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said NO. When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said NO. Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing “NO.” In the 1970s, an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The... Read more

Life on Delay

By: John Hendrickson

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • USA TODAY BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF AUDIBLE'S BEST BIOS AND MEMOIRS OF 2023 • “A raw, intimate look at [Hendrickson's] life with a stutter. It’s a profoundly moving book that will reshape the way you think about people living with this condition.”—Esquire • A candid memoir about a lifelong struggle to speak.... Read more

Running on Broken Legs

By: Elinor Young

Narrated by: Emily Snow

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Take undersized five-year-old farm girl Elinor, give her the polio that not only cripples her but also nearly kills her, then give her an impossible dream. In her childhood and again as a college student she rebels against the plan. Finally, she embraces the dream, and it leads Elinor to one of the most primitive, rugged places on earth and to a... Read more

Unseelie

By: Ivelisse Housman

Narrated by: Elena Rey

Length: 12 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls “reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own.”

“A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment.” —Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed with Us

Iselia... Read more

Never Say Invisible

By: Jeremy Schreiber

Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS.As the devastating disease robbed him of movement and speech, he was abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns people... Read more

Visual Thinking

By: Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo & Temple Grandin, Ph.D.

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

WINNER OF THE NAUTILUS GOLD AWARD

“A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman

“An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal

A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds... Read more

Songs of Suffering

By: Joni Eareckson Tada

Narrated by: Joni Eareckson Tada

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

As an author, speaker, and advocate for people with disabilities, Joni Eareckson Tada has inspired people around the world with her story of faith in the midst of suffering. In this beautiful collection of hymns and devotions she acts as a "song leader," guiding readers through their own painful seasons with heartfelt praises to God. Songs of... Read more

You Are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

By: Samantha Renke

Narrated by: Samantha Renke

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

'A life with a disability is most certainly a life worth living and I wouldn't change who I am for all the Louboutin's in the world. I write this for anyone who is seen to be 'different'. We all have much more in common than we think, no matter who we are.'

Growing up with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Sam felt restricted by... Read more

Can You Feel the Noise?

By: Stewart Foster

Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson

Length: 7 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A profound story about inner strength and perseverance in the face of a life-changing event, from the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy. Perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio's Wonder and Lisa Thompson's The Goldfish Boy.

‘A wonderful book about overcoming a life-changing event and the remarkable power of music.’ – Lisa Thompson, author of The... Read more

Invisible Storm

By: Jason Kander

Narrated by: Jason Kander & Diana Kander

Length: 6 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

“A truly special book. This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.” – Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes MooreFrom political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a... Read more

Look at It This Way

By: Sammy SweetSpirit

Narrated by: Sammy SweetSpirit

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful book that creates a conversation around the topic of blindnessLook at It This Way answers questions we all may have been reluctant to ask, it gives us a glimpse into what blind people experience living in a sighted world, and it breaks through barriers that may cause people to think that differences equate to superiority or... Read more

Just by Looking at Him

By: Ryan O'Connell

Narrated by: Ryan O'Connell

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and beautiful” (Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author) novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world.

Elliott appears to be living the dream as a... Read more

Ali and the Sea Stars

By: Ali Stroker

Narrated by: Ali Stroker

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Tony Award-winning actress Ali Stroker captures the magic and community of theater in her debut book, about a spirited girl in a wheelchair who stages a show for her hometown. Based on the pivotal summer Ali performed in her first musical by the Jersey Shore! Ali loves to dance, sing, and act. But she had never thought of putting on her own show... Read more