people with disabilities

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.

"Unable to get around without a wheelchair, the doll-like Josee leads a solitary, housebound existence. But when she meets her new live-in caretaker, a recent college graduate named Tsuneo, everything in her life is upended. 'Josee, the Tiger and the Fish' depicts the fragile, strangely erotic relationship that blossoms between these two young people. In addition to the title story, this collection also includes [an additional] seven short tales centering on working women and the myriad loves and partings of their lives"--Provided by publisher.

Echo's third grade class visit the Titanic and figure out a way of including their new classmate, Anita, who is confined to a wheeled chair.

Describes how Helen Keller managed to communicate in spite of being deaf and blind.

Focuses on the early life of a woman who is well known for overcoming her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

Eight-year-old expert soccer player Aven Green learns to share the spotlight and be a good team player when her friend Sujata joins the team.

"A twelve-year-old Dominican American swimmer navigates a new Juvenile Arthritis diagnosis and her mother's past trauma around water"--Provided by publisher.

"A guide for how to be a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable steps for what to say and do (and what not to do) and how you can help make the world a more accessible place"--Provided by publisher.

"After being diagnosed with progressive hearing loss, Rayne resists her parents' efforts to 'fix' her and rethinks her own assumptions about what her condition means for her"--Provided by publisher.