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Unmasking Autism

Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

by Devon Price PhD ...

Narrated by Devon Price PhD ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing AutismFor ... Read more

$20.99 USD

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity“A remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.”—Barry M. Prizant, PhD, CCC-SLP, author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing AutismFor
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Far From the Tree

Parents, Children and the Search for Identity

by Andrew Solomon ...

Narrated by Andrew Solomon ...

Unabridged

40 hours 37 min

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times ** WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year *This masterpiece by the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also ... Read more

$39.99 USD

* Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times ** WINNER of the National Book Critics Circle Award * Books for a Better Life Award * The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year *This masterpiece by the National Book Award–winning author of The Noonday Demon features stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children, but also
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Visual Thinking

The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

by Temple Grandin PhD ...

Narrated by Temple Grandin PhD, Andrea Gallo ...

Unabridged

12 hours 31 min

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER 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 WaalA landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers**A quarter of a ... Read more

$22.50 USD

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER 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 WaalA landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers**A quarter of a
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Unmasking for Life

The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically

by Devon Price PhD ...

Narrated by Devon Price PhD ...

Unabridged

10 hours 1 min

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism.“Unmasking for Life should be read by not only autistic people but their loved ones, to ensure they facilitate a truly fulfilling life.”—Eric Garcia, author of We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism ConversationMost ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Live your best, unashamedly unmasked Autistic life with this invaluable resource featuring tools for navigating friendships, family, work, and love, from the author of Unmasking Autism.“Unmasking for Life should be read by not only autistic people but their loved ones, to ensure they facilitate a truly fulfilling life.”—Eric Garcia, author of We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism ConversationMost
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Nowhere Girl

Life as a Member of ADHD's Lost Generation

by Carla Ciccone ...

Narrated by Carla Ciccone ...

Unabridged

7 hours 19 min

Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Why is a generation of women only now discovering they have ADHD? (Spoiler: misogyny.) A writer examines the cost of living with undiagnosed ADHD in this reported memoir about the girls medical science ignored.When Carla Ciccone is diagnosed with ADHD at thirty-nine—an evaluation prompted by the demands of early motherhood—it flips the script on her life. After years of self-blame and self
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The Monster and the Mirror

Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell

by K.J. Aiello ...

Narrated by K.J. Aiello ...

Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

Revelatory memoir and cultural criticism that connects popular fantasy and our perceptions of mental illness to offer an empathetic path to compassionate careGrowing up, K.J. Aiello was fascinated by magical stories of dragons, wizards, and fantasy, where monsters were not what they seemed and anything was possible. These books and films were both a balm and an escape, a safe space where Aiello’s ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Revelatory memoir and cultural criticism that connects popular fantasy and our perceptions of mental illness to offer an empathetic path to compassionate careGrowing up, K.J. Aiello was fascinated by magical stories of dragons, wizards, and fantasy, where monsters were not what they seemed and anything was possible. These books and films were both a balm and an escape, a safe space where Aiello’s
... Read more
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Against Technoableism

Rethinking Who Needs Improvement

by Ashley Shew ...

Narrated by Maria Pendolino ...

Unabridged

4 hours 3 min

When Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want—nor are they generally asked.In vibrant ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want—nor are they generally asked.In vibrant
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20% Smarter

How Neurodivergence Drives Innovation, Growth, and Success

by David Flink ...

Unabridged

9 hours

From Neurodiversity Alliance founder David Flink, an exploration of how neurodivergent traits fuel the kind of creativity, decision making, and innovation that workplaces can’t afford to miss.About 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent — a community that includes those with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and autism. Yet the language historically used to describe them focuses almost entirely on what they ... Read more

$27.99 USD

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From Neurodiversity Alliance founder David Flink, an exploration of how neurodivergent traits fuel the kind of creativity, decision making, and innovation that workplaces can’t afford to miss.About 1 in 5 people are neurodivergent — a community that includes those with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, and autism. Yet the language historically used to describe them focuses almost entirely on what they
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Pills and Jacksonvilles

Poems

by Jillian Weise ...

Narrated by Jillian Weise ...

Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

A fierce, provocative collection of poems exploring sexuality, queerness, the body, and disability in an ableist worldIn this arresting collection, The Cyborg Jillian Weise navigates the intersection of disability and desire, wending her way through diners, bars, and dark living rooms lit by TV screens. Her words flit in and out of DMs, texts, and video chats, exploring the vital human thread that ... Read more

$15.99 USD

A fierce, provocative collection of poems exploring sexuality, queerness, the body, and disability in an ableist worldIn this arresting collection, The Cyborg Jillian Weise navigates the intersection of disability and desire, wending her way through diners, bars, and dark living rooms lit by TV screens. Her words flit in and out of DMs, texts, and video chats, exploring the vital human thread that
... Read more
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse

Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

by Dan Barry ...

Narrated by Fred Sanders ...

Unabridged

9 hours 44 min

With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual ... Read more

$28.99 USD

With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual
... Read more
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Sitting Pretty

The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body

by Rebekah Taussig ...

Narrated by Rebekah Taussig ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) ... Read more

$25.99 USD

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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The War on Disabled People

Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe

by Ellen Clifford ...

Narrated by Nadia Albina ...

Unabridged

11 hours 37 min

Bloomsbury presents The War on Disabled People by Ellen Clifford, read by Nadia Albina.Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for ‘grave and systematic violations’ of disabled people’s rights. Since then, driven by the Tory government’s obsessive drive to slash public spending whilst scapegoating the ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents The War on Disabled People by Ellen Clifford, read by Nadia Albina.Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for ‘grave and systematic violations’ of disabled people’s rights. Since then, driven by the Tory government’s obsessive drive to slash public spending whilst scapegoating the
... Read more
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About Canada: Disability Rights

2nd Edition

by Deborah Stienstra ...

Narrated by Nathalie Toriel ...

Series series About Canada
Unabridged

5 hours 58 min

Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some bodies. It requires deep changes in the attitudes, cultural images and policies that make people with disabilities invisible, set them aside, undermine or reject their contributions and value, and justifies their ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some bodies. It requires deep changes in the attitudes, cultural images and policies that make people with disabilities invisible, set them aside, undermine or reject their contributions and value, and justifies their
... Read more
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Unleash Different

Achieving Business Success Through Disability

by Rich Donovan ...

Narrated by Braden Wright ...

Unabridged

8 hours 38 min

If you discovered a new market comprising 53% of the world’s population, would you act to invest in it?There are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. When you include friends and family, the disability market touches 53% of all consumers. It is the world’s largest emerging market.Unleash Different illustrates how companies like Google, PepsiCo, and Nordstrom are ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you discovered a new market comprising 53% of the world’s population, would you act to invest in it?There are 1.3 billion people around the world who identify as having a disability. When you include friends and family, the disability market touches 53% of all consumers. It is the world’s largest emerging market.Unleash Different illustrates how companies like Google, PepsiCo, and Nordstrom are
... Read more
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Turning on the Light

Tips, Tricks, and Stories for Better Living with Low Vision

by Ms. Jordan Hancock ...

Narrated by Joanna Teljeur ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Author Jordan Hancock has grieved over the sight difficulties that she will face for the rest of her life. But to help her cope with her changing situation, she decided to share her insights, stories, and lessons with those who might find them most helpful. Turning on the Light presents some of her personal stories and offers tips and tricks she has learned over years of study and learning. This ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Author Jordan Hancock has grieved over the sight difficulties that she will face for the rest of her life. But to help her cope with her changing situation, she decided to share her insights, stories, and lessons with those who might find them most helpful. Turning on the Light presents some of her personal stories and offers tips and tricks she has learned over years of study and learning. This
... Read more
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The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition

Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder

by Carol Stock Kranowitz ...

Narrated by Beth Hicks ...

Series series The Out-of-Sync Child Series
Unabridged

9 hours 3 min

This companion volume to The Out-of-Sync Child—the first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder—includes more than one hundred playful activities specially designed for kids with SPD.Each activity in Carol Stock Kranowitz's inspiring and practical book is SAFE—Sensory-motor, Appropriate, Fun and Easy—to help develop and organize a child’s brain and body. Whether your child faces ... Read more

$20.99 USD

This companion volume to The Out-of-Sync Child—the first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder—includes more than one hundred playful activities specially designed for kids with SPD.Each activity in Carol Stock Kranowitz's inspiring and practical book is SAFE—Sensory-motor, Appropriate, Fun and Easy—to help develop and organize a child’s brain and body. Whether your child faces
... Read more
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Care Work

Dreaming Disability Justice

by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ...

Narrated by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award–winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all.Care Work is a mapping of access as radical love, a ... Read more

$19.99 USD

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award–winning writer and longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled queer, trans, Black, and brown people, with knowledge and gifts for all.Care Work is a mapping of access as radical love, a
... Read more
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The PDA Paradox

The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Part of the Autism Spectrum

by Harry Thompson ...

Narrated by Elliot Chapman ...

Unabridged

5 hours 9 min

A memoir by an adult with PDA, reflecting back on his early childhood through to present day.Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and romantic relationships, school, work and mental health, as well as his teenage struggle with drugs and alcohol.By embracing neurodiversity and ... Read more

$24.99 USD

A memoir by an adult with PDA, reflecting back on his early childhood through to present day.Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and romantic relationships, school, work and mental health, as well as his teenage struggle with drugs and alcohol.By embracing neurodiversity and
... Read more
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Brilliant Imperfection

Grappling with Cure

by Eli Clare ...

Narrated by Leanne Woodward ...

Unabridged

7 hours 11 min

In Brilliant Imperfection, Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. Clare grapples with this ... Read more

$24.99 USD

In Brilliant Imperfection, Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. Clare grapples with this
... Read more
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10 Dinge, die autistische Kinder ihren Eltern sagen möchten

by Ellen Notbohm, Ellen Notbohm ...

Narrated by Mike Langhans ...

Unabridged

5 hours 54 min

Der erfolgreiche Elternratgeber aus den USA zeigt in zehn Kapiteln zehn zentrale Besonderheiten autistischer Kinder auf - zum Teil in "Ich-Form" aus der Sicht des autistischen Sohnes der Autorin. Die Sichtweise auf autistische Menschen ist sehr positiv, verstehend und nicht defizitär. Das Buch hat vier Schwerpunkte: Neben Sensorischen Besonderheiten, Kommunikation und sozialem Verhalten wird die ... Read more

$24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Der erfolgreiche Elternratgeber aus den USA zeigt in zehn Kapiteln zehn zentrale Besonderheiten autistischer Kinder auf - zum Teil in "Ich-Form" aus der Sicht des autistischen Sohnes der Autorin. Die Sichtweise auf autistische Menschen ist sehr positiv, verstehend und nicht defizitär. Das Buch hat vier Schwerpunkte: Neben Sensorischen Besonderheiten, Kommunikation und sozialem Verhalten wird die
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Fractured

A Memoir

by Susan Mockler ...

Narrated by Dianne Aguilar ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

A collision with a moose on a dark highway left Susan Mockler with an incomplete spinal injury, suddenly compromising her ability to walk and to care for herself. She spent months in a rehabilitation facility learning how to adjust to her new reality, and though her body partially recovered, every aspect of her life changed.Fractured is a compelling illumination of the challenges of acquired ... Read more

$23.99 USD

A collision with a moose on a dark highway left Susan Mockler with an incomplete spinal injury, suddenly compromising her ability to walk and to care for herself. She spent months in a rehabilitation facility learning how to adjust to her new reality, and though her body partially recovered, every aspect of her life changed.Fractured is a compelling illumination of the challenges of acquired
... Read more
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I Identify as Blind

A Brazen Celebration of Disability Culture, Identity, and Power

by Lachi ...

Narrated by Lachi ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

With style and straight talk, musician and changemaker Lachi flips disability and neurodivergence into an empowering identity, a cultural movement, and an innovation engineWhat if the most taboo parts of our identity—the parts we’re taught to mask—are exactly the ones that hold our greatest power? Lachi is an award-winning singer and leader who awakens the world to this truth: Disability has long ... Read more

$22.99 USD

With style and straight talk, musician and changemaker Lachi flips disability and neurodivergence into an empowering identity, a cultural movement, and an innovation engineWhat if the most taboo parts of our identity—the parts we’re taught to mask—are exactly the ones that hold our greatest power? Lachi is an award-winning singer and leader who awakens the world to this truth: Disability has long
... Read more
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Vision Changing Charity

by Ian Bruce ...

Narrated by Philip Bretherton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 11 min

The late twentieth century saw charities grow from timid service deliverers into major providers with campaigning teeth. What caused this? How did they gain confidence and strength? In this fascinating history, examined through the eyes of RNIB from 1970 to 2010, Ian Bruce examines the internal drivers and the external socio-political environment that allowed and encouraged this explosion.Bruce’s ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The late twentieth century saw charities grow from timid service deliverers into major providers with campaigning teeth. What caused this? How did they gain confidence and strength? In this fascinating history, examined through the eyes of RNIB from 1970 to 2010, Ian Bruce examines the internal drivers and the external socio-political environment that allowed and encouraged this explosion.Bruce’s
... Read more
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The Price of Silence

A Mom’s Perspective on Mental Illness

by Liza Long ...

Narrated by Karen White ...

Unabridged

9 hours 18 min

Liza Long is the mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental disorder. When she heard about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, her first thought was, "What if my son does that someday?" She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy, which the Boise State University online journal posted as "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother." The post went viral, receiving 1.2 million ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Liza Long is the mother of a child with an undiagnosed mental disorder. When she heard about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, her first thought was, "What if my son does that someday?" She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy, which the Boise State University online journal posted as "I Am Adam Lanza's Mother." The post went viral, receiving 1.2 million
... Read more

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